Pics from travels in Argentina and Chile

Hey everyone!  I am out of Paraguay and officially on the road with my friend Adam from the Peace Corps.  Here are some highlights of the trip:
So mom already knows now although I am sure she isn't too happy with it, but we rented 2 scooters (Honda Elite 125CC) in Buenos Aires and rode over 1000 miles  to Bariloche.  It took us about 6 days and we stopped in Bolivar, Bahia Blanca, and Neuquen on the way and stayed with some couchsurfers.  In Bariloche, we climbed some hills, saw beautiful vistas, including one that is supposed to be on the National Geographic Top 10!  We rode down to see Mount Tronador (Thunderer!) and saw the black glacier and heard them cracking and grumbling (thus the name).  Then we hopped a bus to Puerto Varas in Southern Chile and hiked up to the base of the Osorno Volcano and visited some rapids.  Today, we attemped to climb to the peak of Volcano Villarrica in Pucon.  We suited up with snow gear, ice axes, and helmets, but the wind nearly blew us off the mountain and it was leaking sulfur gas from the cauldron, so nobody was allowed to hike to the top.  It was a little disappointing, but we still made it pretty high after about 3 hours of tough climbing and saw other volcano peaks as we sat and ate lunch above the clouds.  Tonight, we might relax in some natural hot springs, and then early tomorrow we have to get a bus back to Bariloche, and then hop back on the scooters and scoot the long trip back to Buenos Aires.  I fly back to Ohio on Christmas Eve and am getting excited!  I will leave the update there.  Here is the link to the pictures up until Chile (none from Chile are posted yet): http://picasaweb.google.com/amont86/ScootersToBariloche#
Hope you enjoy and I will be sure to post the rest soon.  The trip is going great, Adam and I are getting along fine, and I am ready to get back on the road and start making my way back to the US.  Hope you all are having a good Winter!  Talk and hopefully see you soon!
Peace,
JD