Last Day Snowboarding
I remember going on snowboarding holidays to Austria and thinking to myself how much I looked forward to the apres ski and the gluwein, and how I wanted to hurt myself the minimum possible, and so therefore snowboard the absolute minimum too.Things have changed.
Watching a Boarder Cross Competition on Friday
I`ve grown to love snow boarding and I was very sad on Saturday which was our last day up the mountain for this trip.
It was raining and miserable that morning in the town, but as soon as we hit the country in the minibus, big heavy snowflakes attacked the windscreen and made us both very excited.
Cerro Castor (the resort) looked amazing, the ground was covered in fresh snow and all the trees had a generous dusting on their branches. It reminded me of Christmas and I couldn`t help but hum some Christmas classics.
When we got to the top of the chairlift it was so heavy, that it also reminded me of that great movie with Jack Nicholson "The Shinning". I know the tune to that too so I switched to humming it from Jingle Bells. And I amused myself when Chris asked me what route I wanted to, by flexing my index finger and replying "Redrun, Redrun".
Chris spent quite a bit of time spinning in the air and doing amazing 360, and I got carried away in the moment and tried a little jump too. I thought nobody was looking, but when I fell flat on my face I heard some abuse from the chairlift which I had forgotten was right above the board park.
After a full day we made our way straight to the airport to catch the 7.55pm flight with Aerolineas Argentinas to Buenos Aires.
The plane was delayed by over 3 hours and so we got to our hotel at about 4am, needless to say we had a hiddeous time at the bland airport, but at the end of it all we sank into possibly the comfiest bed in Argentina and slept like babies.
Watching a Boarder Cross Competition on Friday

I`ve grown to love snow boarding and I was very sad on Saturday which was our last day up the mountain for this trip.
It was raining and miserable that morning in the town, but as soon as we hit the country in the minibus, big heavy snowflakes attacked the windscreen and made us both very excited.
Cerro Castor (the resort) looked amazing, the ground was covered in fresh snow and all the trees had a generous dusting on their branches. It reminded me of Christmas and I couldn`t help but hum some Christmas classics.
When we got to the top of the chairlift it was so heavy, that it also reminded me of that great movie with Jack Nicholson "The Shinning". I know the tune to that too so I switched to humming it from Jingle Bells. And I amused myself when Chris asked me what route I wanted to, by flexing my index finger and replying "Redrun, Redrun".
Chris spent quite a bit of time spinning in the air and doing amazing 360, and I got carried away in the moment and tried a little jump too. I thought nobody was looking, but when I fell flat on my face I heard some abuse from the chairlift which I had forgotten was right above the board park.
After a full day we made our way straight to the airport to catch the 7.55pm flight with Aerolineas Argentinas to Buenos Aires.
The plane was delayed by over 3 hours and so we got to our hotel at about 4am, needless to say we had a hiddeous time at the bland airport, but at the end of it all we sank into possibly the comfiest bed in Argentina and slept like babies.
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Important travelling tip!!!
DONT MISS IGUAZU FALLS!!!! On Argentina/Brasil border!
Get 'Bingo' Bus from B.Aires to Iguazu, it is good to see falls from Argentina side and Brasil side, you can then bus up to S. Paulo or Rio, dont bother staying at S. Paulo (huge manic city), go straight to Rio. But don't miss one of the most amasing sights of S America!!!
Lecture over.
Hi Viv,
Thanks for the tip you seasoned traveller. Actually we are already in Iguazu about to catch the bus to the National Park to see the falls. Will blog about that soon.
Big hug to you and Heath,
Sam xxxxxxxx
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