Bariloche, Argentina

Nicole and I were not planning to go to Argentina while we were down here. Nothing really tempted us to go there. Some how we did ended up making plans to met the guys, Casey, David, and Richard, in Bariloche for a few days. So we did get to go Argentina and get another stamp in our passport!

We all stayed in the same hostel, but of course by BYU standards, so the boys got one room and Nicole and I got another one. 

The whole time it was raining so it was hard to do stuff. Mostly we ate. Argentina is known for it's meat, and we defiantly experienced it. In fact... I wish I hadn't. After each pile of meat we ate I felt sick. 

On Thursday we lucked out though and did get one day without rain. We took advantage of it and explored town, the cathedral, and the lake.

Bariloche is known for it's outdoor activities, so we went on a cave-hike. (And as many of you know, I love caves, so I was super excited!) Our tour guide was pretty funny, and he made an effort to help us understand. However, Argentina has its own dialect and was way hard to understand after listening to Chilean Spanish for the past three months. 

The cave wasn't that big but it was still fun. There were several small spots we had to get through, and in the cave there was a lake-pond-thing. The view from the top of the mountain was incredible though! Argentina is very brown, but we have just been spoiled in Chile. 

After the caves we had more food and then we rented a movie to watch at the hostel. Since no one was decisive so we ended up watching the lame new Indian Jones movie. It was a good day though and even though the movie has a weird alien plot it was a nice way to end the day.