¿24 Hours on a Bus?
When I saw that the bus ride between Buenos Aires and Bariloche was 24 hours, I thought it had to be a misprint. At the least, I thought I might have a flight option. But no, I´m on a ROAM trip with Gap Adventures and we´re doing it the low budget way. We had an 18 hour trip on one bus and then a transfer to another 6 hour bus with a layover in between. First lesson in bus travel, they run on Argentine time so our bus was nearly 2 hours late. It was pouring down rain though. Fortunatly, the first 6 hours flew by and I continued in a cycle of read, sleep, listen to podcast, repeat for the next several hours. I slept off and on over night and before I knew it, the first leg of the journey was over. The bus was surprisingly nice - clean, reclining seats and they even brought meals, which is more than I can say for even a US airline! We thought our layover was only an hour, but again, the busses run on Argentine time, so 2 hours later we hit our next bus. This was a much more beautiful ride as we entered into Argentina´s Lake District. Several hours later we finally arrived in Bariloche with the sun shining and the town situated on beautiful Lago Nahuel Huapi. It was worth the ride!
