It has been about a month since I left Mendoza and began my travels to Southern Argentina. For the first week or so, I Couchsurfed in Bariloche with a strange, alchemy-reiki practicing 70 year old man as my host. I probably should have left his house much sooner than I did. I spent the week exploring Bariloche, kayaking, hiking, eating chocolate, seeing spectacular views, and even went to the local theatre and watched a musical mash up of Les Mis, Mama Mia, and Annie.
Once my friend left to continue her trip with her family, I headed over to El Bolson to begin my work on a local farm. The farm ended up being 1.5 hours away from town (walking) and did not have wifi. The work was at times tedious and physical, although I did enjoy picking fruit (grosechas and rapberries) and watering the garden. My "boss" was very relaxed and I had a co-worker from New Mexico who I enjoyed spending time with. We spent Christmas going on a morning hike to some cherry trees and then the family who owns the farm invited us to an asado (BBQ). Despite the hospitality and buena onda of the people I met there, the lack of wifi and intense isolation led me to seek another job at a hostel in Bariloche.
And here I am writing this post from the hostel I will be working at for the next month. My goal is to post here at least once a week, but hopefully more...now that I have access to wifi and a computer!!!
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| Raspberries and grosechas that I picked. |
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| The house I stayed in with my boss and co-worker. |
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| Side view of the house. Right at the base of the mountains. |
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| Bertha, a St. Bernard puppy, and Milka a mutt. |
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| Strange Patagonian birds that landed on our roof every morning at 6AM. |
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| The family garden and greenhouse in construction. |
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| Christmas morning hike. The cat I named Cuddle came with us, but we ended up losing it, Still has not returned. ː( |
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| Christmas asado with my co-worker. So much meat. |
