After a few nights in the remote town of Caviahue, it was time to switch the pace for a while, so our arrival in San Carlos de Bariloche was a pleasant change. Home to the ski resort Catedral Alta Patagonia, Bariloche also has 100,000 busy residents working away in this lake front town full of chocolate factories, tourist shops, and restaurants. It's easily the most popular ski destination among Argentine and Brazilian skiers, so we thought we'd take a little taste test to find out why. After a long-winded string of email and hostel messages, I finally met up with fellow canuck Andre Charland who was fresh off the 3-day plane & bus journey from Vancouver, and our Argentina 2004 road trip had begun.