Had a wicked week in Bariloche seeing more snow than we have ever seen in our lives and risking life and limb learning to ski! Did a two day beginners course at Cerro Catedral - South America's biggest ski resort - starting on the really baby slopes and advancing to the green ones with both of us covered in bruises and feeling like elderly folk within 24 hours. By day two Tim was much more natural and/or crazy than I was and took off to the Blue slopes with o...

Hello Rat-fans - Yeeeaaah!After the rocky Ruta 40, we landed safely in the luxury haven ski town of Bariloche. Early swiss inhabitants, keenly spotting the good ski-ing in decades to come, still leaving their mark. Loads of chocolate shops fighting for tourisitc attention on the streets, and its fair to say they got ours, after spending many an afternoon chowing down on the freebie handouts and buying a box or six. Also munched heartily on a triple whammie of Fon...