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What's happened to the weather?

I guess it's about time I sent another epic to let you know where I am and what's happened since the last email. Well, we are both well and are currently residing in a town called Bariloche in Patagonia not far from the border with Chile. It's a beautiful place next to a number of lakes and surrounded by snowy peaks. There is quite a sizeable Swiss community here and this is reflected in the typically Swiss architecture and the abundant selection of chocolate shops. Seriously, it is the chocolate capital of Argentina and there are loads of chocolate shops everywhere selling chocolates you've just watched them make. We arrived here yesterday and we're staying for a week - that should give me just about enough time to sample the wares of every shop if I do about 10 a day! We've had wonderful weather for pretty much our entire time in Argentina but it started raining just as we reached Bariloche and it hasn't stopped since. That'...

Going Down....

Hello to you, Hope this email finds you well. Lynn and I are doing fine. I have received a couple of emails this week saying that the email I sent last week containing the photos had corrupted. I know alot of you did receive it ok but if all you got was alot of letters and numbers and you would like me to try resending it to you, then please let me know and we can try again. Apologies if you spent ages downloading it and didn't get anything. My last email stated that we were just about to embark on an 18 hour coach journey. Destination: Buenos Aires. It was a pleasant journey in our sleeper beds. We watched a couple of movies and inbetween had a nice meal served with champagne. Just before lights out the steward came round with some glasses of cognac to make the sleep just a little deeper. So yes, it was a pleasant enough experience! We arrived in Buenos Aires 12 days ago and but for last weekend when we spent Saturday and Sunday on a farm (more later), we have been here the whole ...