martes, enero 10, 2006

Freezing next to the Nahuel Huapi Lake

Finally we arrived at the Argentinian Andian Mountains, Bariloche. We joined a group of young argentinian travelers and we decided to spend the night with them somewhere in the open air. It's cold, windy and raining a little bit, but we don't care...since we bought a tent, we are a real backpackers!!! Some locals recomended us a nice place to camp next to the lake, so we went there. It was a kind of car parking with pavement, actually the coldest place in the town, with an amazing view of the mountains. As I said, it was very windy, specially next to the lake but we didn't have another choice...we stayed there.
We ligthed up a little fire under a kind of stairs that protected us of the cold, to cook some meat and vegetables, listened some argentinian music played by our friends, drinked a little to keep our bodies warm and when we didn't have more wood to burn, we tried to settle down our improvised camp. It was no easy at all!! Too windy to control the tent and "many of us" too drunk to get right for assemble it...After trying it hard enough, we had a place to sleep...well, at least it was a place to lie down, get frozen and listen the waves of the lake...unforgetable night though!!
Our backs start complaining about our sleeping habits after the train trip and the night next to the lake but in the other hand, our pockets are really greatul!! let's see if we can keep saving money so we'll be able to bring you more presents :)

Héctor, San Carlos de Bariloche


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