After a long journey we arrived in Bariloche, the journey went quite fast alhtough we could drive for miles and miles and not see any form of life, no cars, no housing, just roads and quite arid land. We drove into Bariloche and there was mountains and lakes, I was straight up to the window with my camera! It was so beautiful. We arrived at our hotel, I am now sharing with Jess, we have the most amazing view from our window, fantasic lake with snow capped mountains all around. We went to a meat restaurant and there was people around us with just a plate of steak and that was all they were eating. We had some fillet steak, ordered a half portion and still got 2 lovely tender pieces of fillet. It was only 3 pounds for, steak, fries and sald, was a good meal. Yesterday, Saturday (only 1 month until christmas) we got up early and went for a tour into the mountains. We went on 3 hikes, 2 to different waterfalls and the other to a black glacier. The different environments that we were walking in were so strange. The first being dense forest and very dusty dry ground, we saw quite a big waterfall, but nothing even close to Iguazu! We then had some lunch, it was pretty weird sat in this national park with horses just wondering around us.
We then went on our hike up to the glacier, it was quite high up, could have down with some walking shoes really...but fashion has to count for something! I managed not to fall down the mountain anyway! 
The glacier was quite huge and very black, it didn`t even look like ice. While we were there we saw a couple of avelanches, you just see the snow fall from the top of the mountain and then hear a massive rumble like thunder. It was really cool. We managed to get a beautiful clear day, so I`ve got some great photos. We then got back into the minibus and drove to our next point, and we walked through a bamboo forest. It was so cool, the guide found a flower in the forest that he has only seen three times in his life as this bamboo only flowers once, between 20-40yrs old, so it was quite rare to see it. We walked down to the waterfall, and walked behind inside the mountain which was cool. We had to walk over logs to get across a river...thought it might be me who fell in, but this boy (or 31yr old) who`s with us fell it...was quite funny. He`s the tiniest 31 yr old I`ve ever seen! By the end of all the walking I was shattered, we got back about 7pm and then went out for chinese. It was good!
Today I am just chilling, having a wander around this lovely little town. It`s a ski resort town so you can imagine what it is like, wooden chalets and stuff...bit like being in the alps, but I`m in the Andes! There`s loads of chocolate shops and wool shops. We`re moving on tomorrow from Bariloche to Puerto Varas in Chile, over on a more coastal region. I haven`t really got enough warm clothes with me, but I`m trying to make do with what I have, wearing the same green zip up top and my hoodie! Take care all xxx
