Hap Working The World

I’m sorry, I’ve been neglecting the blog over the past couple of weeks as I have been focusing on finding Antarctica work. Of which I am still in the process of doing and it is proving to be time consuming. It is also proving to be quite hard, but people have been very helpful and supportive in my little quest. Please keep the fingers crossed.

The past week we have been travelling through Uruguay but last night we crossed back into Argentina and are at Foz do Iguazu, the legendary waterfalls. We are off to check them out tomorrow, can’t wait. This coming weekend Mandy and I will be in Asuncion, kicking off the Paraguay chapter, so looking forward to that. (Hazel, if you reading this, can’t wait to catch up with you, hope you loving Chile).

I will get a couple of Uruguay posts up in the next couple of days, but until then check out my Bariloche album, there’s no shortage of stunning scenery in this album.

Tomorrow I leave Bariloche, a beautiful part of the world that I have called home for the past 5 weeks. It’s been another great chapter living with my Argentinean host family and studying Spanish

This week I have been making the most of Bariloche, visiting the beautiful sights, hanging out with friends, snowboarding and eating asados. It has been a great good bye, and as always a little sad leaving, but also exciting as a new chapter waits in Paraguay.

But before Paraguay, it is off to Buenos Aires where Mandy and I will apply for our Paraguay visas. Once obtained we will we pop over into Uruguay and check that out, couch surfing along the way. Then time permitting will stop off at Spectacular Igaucu falls before arriving in Asuncion, Paraguay. So stay posted.

Yep, here I go again, more photos of disgusting views. Last week with my Spanish school we did an afternoon trip out to the famous Llao Llao hotel, 21 km out of Bariloche (Its just a big hotel that people that look like me aren’t really welcome). Haha, here’s the photos of the lake behind the hotel. You’re probably wondering why we are leaving such a mountainous paradise. By the way it’s started snowing, yahoo, some snowboarding is on the cards!

National Geographic voted the view from Cerro Campanario as one of the top 10 views in the world. I’m sure there’s some amazing views in the world, for example the view from Everest must be pretty good. But hey if you spent 10′s of thousands of dollars to get there, trained for a year, endured physical hell and risked your life, then obviously you’re going to love the view from Everest, even if it’s storming with only 2 metres visibility!

The beauty of Cerro Campanario is that you don’t have to endure a physical hell to be rewarded with a heavenly view. Cerro Campanario is located only 15 mins by public bus out of Bariloche. You can either get a little chair lift to the 1050 metre summit, or if you’re a frugal backpacker, you can navigate the maze of tracks up through the bush. And if you’re real thrifty you can even take up your own lunch and coffee in a flask and sit at the café on top of the world.

The photos don’t really do the 360 degree view any justice, although I must say the good looking fella in the red t-shirt enhances the view.