Jan 25th Zapala to Puerto Madryn

I woke up way too early today (I am on Argentine schedule, going to bed and getting up later than I do at home) so that I could go running in the surprisingly cool morning temperature in Zapala. This being a desert, although it gets stifflingly hot during the day, it gets very cool and often right down cold at night, and this morning, being covered in goosebumps for the first few minutes of my run was the most wonderful feeling of the day! I saw two other runners, one a woman, and quite a few walkers, all exercicing on the side of the highway, that being the only long stretch of anything to be able to run in. I am trying as much as possible to run whenever I can, although that is always a challenge, particularly when other activities like trekking are involved.

By the time I got back, the sun had risen, and by 8h it was already too hot. I had breakfast, bought another adaptor plug (this must by my 8th, I keep on forgetting them plugged into walls) and recharged my camera battery and ipod. I went to the internet cafe, had lunch, and grabbed a bus from Zapala to Cipoletti, where I am now. It's a city close to the city of Neuquen, that one being the capital of the province bearing the same name. Very soon, I will be entering the province of Chubut, where Puerto Madryn is. It is 20h, and I am still dripping with sweat and immensely aggravated by it, urgh! I have nearly 3 hours to kill here, in a very small but very busy bus station. I think I will go buy a book, I've finished the other two. I hope it's cooler where I'm going!