It's not winter, but it's fucking cold.

This last week has had some fairly good days weather-wise. The strong patagonian sun dominated the skies of Bariloche, although today was very different. It was forecast to rain, i thought it would have been a few isolated showers - how rain has come since i came here almost three weeks ago - but they really meant rain, precipitation, and lots of it. I opened my eyes at about 10am to the sound of strong gusts of wind trying to blow the house over, a violent sound, synchronized with the everlasting sound of rain hitting the roof. I closed my eyes and wrote the day off.

I eventually got out of bed by about three in the afternoon, lounged around for abit until the rain- which had not stopped since i first heard it in the morning -eventually stopped at about six thirty. It was very cold outside; the coldest i've felt for a long time, not that i'm complaining, it's better than sweating your bollocks off in Iguazu and as proven by my very late lay-in's these days i sleep better in it too.

I managed to get another digital camera, nothing amazing but it takes photos at some 10m pixels which is good enough to capture the sights of the area. I took a few shots of the lake this evening to test it out and i was more than happy with the results.

Hopefully in a few days i will have a response from the ministry of education and start the complicated process of translating my english education into something that is understood here. If this is done by January 14th (the day i have my driving test), i will be on the road hitch-hiking south shortly after, i don't think i'm gonna go all the way south to Tierra Del Fuego and such just yet, but i'm gonna head for a group of mountains in the area of Mallin Ahogado, near El Bolson. I plan to spend a few days around there climbing those mountains, staying at the different mountain refuges and taking a few photos to share with the world. I will then hitch back up north to Bariloche for mid-February at latest. That's the plan if things work out between now and mid-January.

Hope you all have a good Christmas and i will post a few more photos before the new year!

Thanks for reading,

Santiago.