Drove back to Mendoza and barely made my bus for Bariloche, a resort city in Northern Patagonia a mere 18 hours away. This bus was the best I had been on (ever actaully)- it had curtains around the seat which reclined to about 170 degrees. Wifi too. Something a little surreal about surfing the web on a bus in the middle of the Argentine pampas. Al very nice, but had to switch buses in the morning and the next bus was not as nice.
Anyway, on the way down the 2nd bus hit a cyclist and we came to a screeching halt. I cannot imagin cycling on these narrow roads with the reckless Argentine drivers, but some people do. So the driver and attendants go back to the rider, who fortunately did not appear hurt. Nor his bike damaged. They then loaded him and his bke on the bus and off we went. Maybe that was the cyclist"s strategy when he got tired- get nicked by a passing bus and then ride for free into town. A little risky, but risk seems part of the Argentine road experience.
More in the next blog, but I underestimated Bariloche and Northern Patagonia. I ended up with one of the best hkes and views in all of my life.
Quite a few tents up there at base camp.....that silly mule only had nine mattresses
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