Our stay in Bariloche ended up being very fun and relaxing. My stomach problems cleared up for the most part and after 5 days we were ready to hit the road again. Pucon was our next destination which was only about 6 hours away. To see more of the amazing landscape we decided to take the senic Seven lakes route to San martin de los andes and then take a bus the next morning through the andes and into Pucon, Chile. The seven lakes route was truly awesome including the famous sideways volcano. 
We winded our way on dirt roades through some of Argentinas most beuatiful landscapes. When we got to San Martin we ate a nice lunch and then went back to the bus station to get our ticket to Pucon for the next morning. To our surprise the next available bus to Pucon was for tuesday (Six days away and two days after the Pucon Triathlon that we were trying to see). Before this point getting a bus ticket had never been a problem. We panicked and ran around the station trying to find other buses to other citys in chile. Unfortunately we couldnt find any bus to chile leaving before saturday. The only thing left to do was stick out our thumbs and hitch a ride. We started the journey by hoping a local bust to the next town up the road. This got us 40 km closer to pucon but it was getting dark so we set up camp for the night and decided to start hitch hiking the next morning. I woke up the next morning pretty confident that we would be able to get a ride but still a little nervous. We started walking in the direction of pucon and with each passing car became less and less confident that we were going to get a ride. Alot of people were pointing up the road using hand singnals we didnt understand. After walking about 5k out of town we realized people were pointing at the check point up the road. No one wanted to pick us up before this military check point. After we crossed the check point we hit a split in the road between the main highway and the road to Pucon. If the cars not picking us up before was making me nervous the sheer lack of cars on the side road was definatley doing it for me. However after walking about 30 minutes up the road and 3 cars passing us one pulled over. Praticia and Rodolpha were a nice couple from Rosario going to do some hiking near the border. We had a nice ride to the border and even nicer conversation that consisted of thier bad english and our even worse spanish.
We winded our way on dirt roades through some of Argentinas most beuatiful landscapes. When we got to San Martin we ate a nice lunch and then went back to the bus station to get our ticket to Pucon for the next morning. To our surprise the next available bus to Pucon was for tuesday (Six days away and two days after the Pucon Triathlon that we were trying to see). Before this point getting a bus ticket had never been a problem. We panicked and ran around the station trying to find other buses to other citys in chile. Unfortunately we couldnt find any bus to chile leaving before saturday. The only thing left to do was stick out our thumbs and hitch a ride. We started the journey by hoping a local bust to the next town up the road. This got us 40 km closer to pucon but it was getting dark so we set up camp for the night and decided to start hitch hiking the next morning. I woke up the next morning pretty confident that we would be able to get a ride but still a little nervous. We started walking in the direction of pucon and with each passing car became less and less confident that we were going to get a ride. Alot of people were pointing up the road using hand singnals we didnt understand. After walking about 5k out of town we realized people were pointing at the check point up the road. No one wanted to pick us up before this military check point. After we crossed the check point we hit a split in the road between the main highway and the road to Pucon. If the cars not picking us up before was making me nervous the sheer lack of cars on the side road was definatley doing it for me. However after walking about 30 minutes up the road and 3 cars passing us one pulled over. Praticia and Rodolpha were a nice couple from Rosario going to do some hiking near the border. We had a nice ride to the border and even nicer conversation that consisted of thier bad english and our even worse spanish.
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