More Lakes...

We've had a good couple of days but not much different to what we did before. It's the Lake District. Lakes. Lots of them.

Our route so far in this region:
San Martin De Los Andes to Villa La Angostura

Highlights of Villa La A:

• boat ride on stunning lake to see amazing forest
• youth hostel full of Argentinian partying teenagers (who were very good at table tennis)
• youth hostel full of grumpy English speaking backpackers complaining about lack of sleep (see above).

Conversation had at breakfast at V L A:

Guy walks up to sit at our table. We say Hola, he says hola. He then stares at Kara, who is peeling a fruit. She looks at him and says in English "It's a Kiwi". He glares at her and says "Are you taking the piss?". She says "You were staring at it like you didn't know what it was". He says "I was trying to figure out if you were English speaking." He was from New Zealand.

Villa La Angostura to San Carlos De Bariloche:

• resort for Argentines on hols
• very beautiful lakeside setting (there's a pattern here...)
• took bus out to peninsula for a walk... through woods... by a lake... stunning, stunning, stunning
• Saw woman on moped, with her pet dog running beside her....very fit dog....

Tomorrow we're going to El Bolson - no lakes but rivers, mountains, forests...very pretty... and hippies. Apparently there's a crossing of ley lines, spiritual energy, UFOs, Buddhist type vibe going on... and like most of these places they brew their own beer. Oh, only place in Argentina you can get veggie food. We're booked into a hostel made out of logs in the middle of the woods (kid you not).

Basically, until we upload some photos, assume that for the next few days we are in beautiful mountain scenery doing walks and hikes and just chilling out.