Barriloche

Lots of lakes, rivers, mountains - the Andes, forests, beaches, steaks, ok, the steaks aren`t quite as big as the landscape, but they are pretty huge. I went rafting down the river Manso all the way to the Chilean border, class III and IV rapids, it was great. Again, the devalued peso is making everything really cheap, and it was never expensive in the first place! Barriloche is like a swiss town - the centre is actually made of log chalet buildings, with St Bernard dogs wandering around for you to take you picture with (at a price). Aparantely, this is where every school kid comes after finishing high school to have a week long party - they`re still in school right now. I met a Argentinian jew, who was determined to go to Israel to sign up for the army out of moral duty. It makes a change speaking english out here - there seem to be very few tourists.
Valdivia in Chile tomorrow, then Pucon, Santiago and San Pedro de Atacama, where it has never rained.