A Day In Bariloche

Eyal and Rachel (of Futaleufú) had told Dave and me, about a plan which involved renting a car and driving around the seven lakes. So after eating the great breakfast at our hostel, Dave and I met up with Eyal and Rachel and tried some car rental agencies, before settling on a cheap Fiat Siena at Budget.

Dave and I then spent most of the day walking around Bariloche and taking in this famous city, it sure isn't a looker, but it has its moments... Such as the puppies of the main square and the nice place where Dave and I have now had lunch two days. There isn't really much to tell about Bariloche, the funniest part of the day was trying to negotiate a lower price with Cesar, operator of one of the car rental agencies.

For dinner I once again cooked chorizo sausage with mashed potatoes (easy and delicious), but besides the potato masher being completely broken, I do believe I will be introducing some variation soon. Generally I spent a long time just wandering about, doing my pictures (lots of new ones: flickr), getting a 13th of April date for my Inca Trail instead of late April or mid May as I had hoped for, which means my time in Paraguay will be limited, and I have to completely skip Bolivia and come back afterwards, rather annoying,  but the only possibility.

In the evening after my dinner Patrick (from yesterday) came over and we talked for 3 hours, and were joined by Jimmy (from Holland) and partly by Sean (from Canada). After that I went to bed around midnight, looking forward to the following day, driving around the lakes.