Southbound

Well, we are heading south, with note much of note happening. We spent a couple of nights in Mendoza, just eating steaks and sampling the local vintages, with Trapiche the clear favourite. It´s Malbec country here, and not too bad either. Also had a lovely aromatic Sauvignon Blanc.
It was 18 hours on the bus from Salta to Mendoza, and another 18 plus a two hour wait at a stop to get to where we are now, Bariloche. The buses in Argentina are damn good though, depending of which class you go... We have been travelling in "Coche Cama" which means there are only three seats across the bus, and they recline almost to horizontal, you get served meals including wine or whisky, tea and coffee, and its pretty comfortable - more comfortable I would say than alot of the beds we have slept in! I figured out we have done 42 hours on buses in Argentina, and have a lot more to do yet!
Bariloche is in the Lake district, its all glacial fed lakes, snowy mountains, swiss style log cabins, and chocolate shops here. Terrible. We might do some kayaking, and a day trip over to neighbouring El Bolson, then we head further south into Patagonia. I decided to make a map to show what we are up to, and where we have been. Did that and its being slow to upload so I will do it later.
We just got all excited because the lonely planet said that you can do a three night ship journey from Puerto Montt (just over the border in Chile) through the Chilean fjords to Puerto Natales, in Patagonian Chile, which is where we are headed, for $166 in the low season. Just looked it up and bugger, prices have gone up considerably, $500 for a double. There goes that idea. Never mind, the buses are pretty comfy.