Tummy ache

Arriving in Bariloche was a nice change of pace. The mountain enviroment was a welcome change from the fast moving citys we found on the east coast. Bariloche sits on the very edge of the Argentinian andes and is located in a beautiful national park. The town is very touristy and reminds me of Boulder in that it is the epitome of comerical outdoorsy-ness in Argentina. We quickly got oursleves set up on a awesome looking 4 day 3 night backpacking trip. The trip would go up into the Andes and each night we would sleep in a different mountian "refugio" which is a high mountain hut that has a kitchen and bathrooms and whatnot. These refugios made me feel better about our somewhat ghetto backpacking setup (no stove, hiking in gym shoes, etc). However the next morning when we set off for the trailhead i fealt that i was getting sick. I figured that after the first day of hiking i would probably start to feel better. The hike was laborsome to say the least. I started to feel worse and worse as the day went on. When we got to the refugio, which was truly an awesome sight, all i could do was crawl into the tent. The Andes truly shoot up out of nowhere. The refugio and our campsight were located on a high glacial lake surrounded by an impressive Cirque of towers. I would post pictures but i was to sick to take any. However i did take a picture of a painting of where we were. That night at dinner i realized that i was really in bad shape. I could barely eat and had my first case of explosive diahhrea. The next morning we decided it was a good idea to head back down. I peed out of my butt all the way down the mountain and made it back into town where we soon found a nice little spot near the town center. Ive spent the past two days more or less just relaxing trying to get better and walking around the town center while staying within running distance of my hotel bathroom. The plus side of this is that i got to see alot of cool stuff in town like the Chuck Berry puppet cover band which i took a video of for everyone elses enjoyment.