Ok here we go...all of what this month has held thus far...
NEOCHEA
Spent the first week in March in Neochea- a tiny little beach town on the coast with my friend Emmanuel and his family. We had really bad weather for the first couple of days so we replaced beach time with playing a lot of wii, eating incredible meals, drinking incredible wine, watching movies and spending lots of time with his parents. It was a great trade off.
BARILOCHE
I said goodbye to Emma´s family and got on a bus but for 18 hours I was completely content...a little buddy all wrapped up with my blanket, pillow, munching on snacks, watching movies, sleeping. it was wonderful. From Neochea I got to Bariloche - a magnificant but mountian-ski town in the lake district. I stayed for a week with a woman I found on couchsurfing and spend the days wondering and having adventures.
Moments:
Taking a cable car up to the top of a mountain, and for hours sitting in a quaint rotating restaurant feasting...Then walking down the side of this mountain ...incredible views!!
Spending a day on the beach and then going for freeezing cold lake swims in the middle of mountains... perfect.
Good talks about life with my host named Diana
24km hike to a forest that was famous for this rare type of tree but I found was kind of lame and then a hellish hike back that gave me the blisters of my life...
speaking spanish all the time that I feel like speaking English is weird.
El BOLSON
I arrive in a small hippy town of El Bolson 2 hours south of Bariloche and stayed with an old hippy and his mother for 2 nights- on a rather nasty mattress....
Moments:
a wonderful afternoon at a lake in the middle of the Andes
a great afternoon shopping at an open air market eating local greatness
hitching a ride with some Isreali´s I met who had bought an SUV to travel from the north to the south of Argentina, and spending an afternoon jacking their car up offroading in the mountains
CHALTEN
From Bolson to Chalten was epic. We traveled on route 40 which is like this mystic road from the north of argentina down to the southen most tip.. like Route 66 but not paved...it was fantastic.
I met a few European friends: We spent this 30 hour bus ride drinking mate, chatting, sleeping. We arrived in Chalten. I took off for a 4 day trek through the mountains. Unbelievable sights and adventures on glaciers, with wind, cold, rain and mud but it was fantastic hike. Can´t describe it can only show the pics.
USHUAIA
from there I headed south. On my way I stopped to see a famous glacier called Perito Moreno and then hopped on 14 hour bus ride to get to the city where I am right now Ushuaia- the southen most city in the world. On this bus besides meeting an Argentinian boy band who were really quirky, weird and gave me one of their cheesy CDs (score), I met 2 lovely french guys who have been my buddys for the last few days. We took a few day hikes, and a boat excursion to see penguins and artic animals. great great times.
enjoying all the conversations about life and living with fellow journeyers. enjoying moments alone. enjoying that the next moment everything can change. enjoying that I can choose where to go and how long to stay. enjoying the nature. enjoying resting. enjoying laughing alot alot alot. enjoying being at the end of the earth.
