Season´s Greetings

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Greetings from Argentina, Bariloche.
(celebrating with some Argentinians from the hostel on Christmas eve)


We left Chile as quickly as we got there, since it was very expensive (especially compared to Bolivia) and all in all really not that nice. Santiago was like any big city in Europe, very modern and western. Valparaiso was probably the nicest place in Chile we´ve visited. It lies by the sea and is very hilly, you have to go up the mountain in an elevator.
Moved on further south from there to Temuco, then to Puerto Montt. Puerto Montt is surrounded by lovely scenery, but the town itself is a really dim place. It was raining non-stop, everything grey and miserable, so we didn´t even get to check out the scenery. Maybe we were unlucky but Chile really wasn´t what I expected at all.

Rain!

Valparaiso



Glad to have moved on to Argentina. Bariloche is a really nice place, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and it lies directly at Lake Nahuel Huapi. Our hostel here is called Tango Inn and is full of backpackers, so quite sociable. Once Christmas is over I am looking forward to doing some hiking.

People in Argentina seem much more open and friendly compared to Chile. I think I like it here…!