Well, the truth is that we have been in Argentina.  We got here about a week ago and were both really excited about finally getting to this country that we have wanted to see and be in for so long.  We arrived to Bariloche and have been hanging around the lake district for the past week.  This included a four day hike into the Andes with this guide that we met at a hostel in Bariloche.  IT was good to get out of this area and into the woods for a while because of the Easter travelers and the insanity of the weekend. 

 The hike was….terrifying! It was really hard.  WE walked the first day about 7 hours uphill and covered about 10 miles.  We arrived to the Refugio at about 8 pm and took showers in this rustic shack that had hot water and was kind of a sauna.  Even though it was rustic, it was totally the best shower of all time. We spent about 4 days in the mountains and it was truly really beautiful and amazing.  Except for all the misogynists.  Why is it that mountain men are such misogynists? Since I was the only woman there for most of the time, it became painfully evident that all these tough guys were struggling with some serious mommy-issues. 

I liked especially the numerous conversations I had about women only wanting to date rich men.  I find this especially offensive since I don´t know a single women who is looking specifically for a rich man.  I wanted to say to these losers: Look, women don´t want to date you because you stink and because you don´t know how to shut up long enough to listen to anything anyone else has to say.  Needless to say, even though the mountains were beautiful, I was happy to get the hell out of them. 

This misogynist explosion made me really appreciate my Colombian brothers.  Colombians are dogs, no doubt.  But they don´t hate women, they are obsessed with them.  These argentinian moutain dudes actually high-fived each other when they talked about women and one actually said: I am going into town to see if I can get lucky! I mean, WTF?? Have I been living in a cave? Is this how men really act?

Anyway, I have to say, besides the assholes, it was truly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.  I have been waiting to get to Patagonia the whole trip and it is wild and out of control and amazingly beautiful.  I am glad that we did the trip, even though it brought out my latent, but very strong, anti-male sentiments.