Los Antiguos

We get of the bus and when we look at the schedule realise there are no buses out of here tomorrow. After a quick discussion we decide that we need to forego the expensive hostel Mark has booked here and get on the waiting bus to Bariloche . I go in to buy the tickets, but unfortunately there is only one spare seat, so it looks like we are staying here after all. We book our tickets for the day after tomorrow, but its a bit of a nightmare as we need to catch the local bus from here to a place called Perito Moreno(the same as the glacier, but nowhere near it) and then from there to Bariloche. Tickets booked we make our waynto find our hostel. The lady in the terminal has given us a hand drawn map and tells us it is in 10 minutes walking distance. It is still really cold here and after nearly an hour of searching for the hostel we have to ask the police. Ahe ays its 3km away but theee is a taxi company just along the street and we have to opt for the easy option. We arrive at the 'hostel' to find its actually a hotel and i think the taxi driver has taken us to the wrong place, but they have a reservation for us in a twin room (no wonder it was so expensive) but to be honest i am really glad, and no longer annoyed at Mark for spending so much money My freind Shahla had said to book ourselves into somewhere nice and watch films all day and thats exactly what we do. Mark uses the hotels bike to go and fetch something to eat while i hand wash the clothes in the bath and catch up with the family on skype. The connection is not so good, but is good enough and i feel a whole lot better just having been able to see their faces and speak with them even if it was itermitent. We discover a sauna in the hotel and after an hour of waiting for it to warm up we go in. There is a bucket with a proper ladle in it but Mark being Mark thinks its a good idea to pour the whole bucket on and blows the fuse so even the lights go out. After an hour or so i head back to the room and take my second bath of the day just because i can and this one even has a plug.I have a nice pamper session and feel like new, ready to face the world again. I eat the other half of the burger and chips that Mark brought back and we chill for the rest of the evening watching some more movies. The hotel has a walkway out to the lake and the view is gorgeous we take a few piccy and later in the evening the moon shines onto the lake, its like a picture postcard. Sometimes when your travelling you have to treat yourseldf occasionally and even if by mistake im so grateful to Mark as this is just what we needed. The past few weeks have been non stop. We ask at reception if we can book for another day as we need to catch a bus at 6am to Perito Moreno but they have no availability and after going online realise that nowhere else here does either. The only available place is actually in Perito Moreno and is 40 quid so with no other option we have to book it, but i suppose another day of luxury wont kill our budget too much.Baca lagi