BOTTOM LINE:
Took a bus to Ensenada, Chile
Ferry and bus rides to Bariloche, Argentina
NOTEWORTHY:
BACK STORY:
Luckily the sound of our own snoring drowned out any animal noises during the night and we both had a restful sleep.
Following a typical Chilean breakfast of eggs, toast, yogurt, fresh fruit, Kuchen (German coffee cake)and assorted beverages we caught a ride to a bus connection that would take us to the small eastern town of Petrohue. There our luggage was tagged and put on a ferry boat that we later boarded.
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| Petrohue |
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| Leaving on ferry bound for Bariloche |
The one and a half hour ferry ride up the Lago (Lake) Todos Los Santos was absolutely stunning. Aside from the lake being a beautiful glacial aqua color, the ragged snow capped peaks of the Andes Mountains seemed to loom over us at every bend of our journey.
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| Topographical map of our journey |
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| Lake Todos Los Santos |
We saw many little houses as we traveled up the lake, all of which were only accessible by boat. At one point two small boats came along side our ferry to tie up in order to receive previsions and disembarking passengers. Very different life styles.
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| Water stop for passenger shuttle to remote homes |
At the village of Peulla, we docked and enjoyed a lovely lunch in a lodge cafe that sat at the edge of a grassy meadow.
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| lunch at lodge |
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| Hefty bus to transport us up over pass |
Our group then climbed onto another bus which took us through a thick forest and very steep climb to Paso de Perez Rosales where we officially went through customs and entered Argentina. Our arrival had been delayed because of a large group of Israeli young people who were passing through on a journey from the big carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Chile.
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| Mountain pass |
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| Pit stop at Andes pass |
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| Official crossing |
Once everyone was cleared, we boarded a final boat to enjoy a sunset cruise up Lago (Lake) Nahuel Huapi to our final destination of Bariloche, Argentina. From the port we were all shuttled into the town some 10 miles away where many people were dropped off at their hotels.
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| Last ferry ride of the day |
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| Lake ride on ferry |
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| Docking at ferry terminal for Bariloche |
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| Sunset at our destination |
The ride into the city was lined with large waterfront, second homes of the wealthy from Buenos Aires to the east. Bruce and I were dropped off at a corner with our luggage to hail a taxi for a ride to our time share.
Our time share was at the Villa Cathedral ski resort back down the road we had just come from and up onto a mountain. We paid our friendly driver $20 US and he was more than happy. Argentina pesos are running 10 to 1US.
We checked into our room and headed to the only open restaurant in the area for a light dinner. Upon return we cleaned up and headed to bed...SURPRISE, we were given a room with two single trundle beds! We decided to deal with it in the morning.
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