What a long drive this was ... We met the bus(?) which ended up being a van at 6am which actually turned out to be around 6:30 am so we stood around in lobby as all the people leaving from casino were looking at us strangely . Well in fact the strange part is that you people are leaving a casino at this time ... Really who had the urge to gamble at this time of day LOL !
Before I left I found a creepy crawler on my bed . Yes it was what you think it is .... a bed bug :( in a 5 star hotel in the bed I was in for 7 nights ... I have to clear my bags out when I get home ! Kathleen would kill me if I brought her home such a lovely gift . Never had any bites as I did in Malta in 2005 or I probably would have known that I was not alone . When I alerted the hotel staff they did not seem surprised ? Guess it is as much an epidemic as the news reports to us ... Yuck ! Well I feel sorry for the next chump that stays there as I highly doubt that bed was removed . I can't knock the hotel as I loved my stay there and I still appreciate the fact that I got to stay there for free . We calculated that our rooms were over $3000 each during our stay . That is something I could never afford . It was one of the best places I have ever stayed in even though I had some unwanted room mates LOL !
So this van comes with a driver who has the personality of a card board box and didn't turn on the heat for us unless we reached over to turn it on , which he would reach over to turn it off within minutes . That was possibly the fastest thing we saw him do . The ride was supposed to be roughly 10 hours ... First stop we had was to cross the channel and let me tell you I have never seen water moving so fast !!! And we were greeted by a ram , yes a ram ... We thought it was a sheep but found out otherwise soon after as Tyler's wife and kids went out to see it as we waited for the ferry . One of the kids had his back turned to the ram and the ram showed him who's boss and fully trampled the poor little guy , it was funny watching Tyler putting the boot to this beast as it continued to ram the child on the ground . The kid is fine he has hockey blood in him and came out unscathed thank god !
Most of the ride I slept as there was really nothing to look at , it is a barren waste land with just wandering animals to look at so zzzzz!!! With a bit of snoring ;) our next stop was the Chilean border and that was a breeze , there is a short drive between borders and then we reached Argentine border which seemed to be more uptight and we had to get in private car for some reason , we were supposed to jump back in van after 1or 2 km but the van driver again refused to do what was asked of him , he really should consider a new profession !
We stopped for food at a gas station , no clue why but we piled into the van and said no to eating as we were about 300 km's away from Ushuaia . You would expect this to be 3 hours max ??? But our driver had other plans and drove slow enough to let the others stop have dinner catch up and pass us even though we told him to drive faster ;) he truly is a stubborn old fuck . So I went to sleep and woke up in Ushuaia and they were getting hammered with snow . Most of the guys are staying in hostel across from rink but Timo and myself decided to get a hotel room at Hotel Cap Polonia ... The driver did not want to drive us there but we forced him to anyway ... That 10 hour drive ended up being close to 15 !!
We got to our rooms dropped our bags and went for dinner downstairs and then our buddy Nacho showed up with a bag full of beer ;) the welcome wagon rolled a crazy night .., in full force when he showed up and we had a great pre party in my room then we headed out to the Irish pub where our treat mates showed up , it was packed with most of my argentine buddies ! We partied our ass'off then went back to my room for more beers! We partied in my room until 6:30 am .., what a party night !!!
Before I left I found a creepy crawler on my bed . Yes it was what you think it is .... a bed bug :( in a 5 star hotel in the bed I was in for 7 nights ... I have to clear my bags out when I get home ! Kathleen would kill me if I brought her home such a lovely gift . Never had any bites as I did in Malta in 2005 or I probably would have known that I was not alone . When I alerted the hotel staff they did not seem surprised ? Guess it is as much an epidemic as the news reports to us ... Yuck ! Well I feel sorry for the next chump that stays there as I highly doubt that bed was removed . I can't knock the hotel as I loved my stay there and I still appreciate the fact that I got to stay there for free . We calculated that our rooms were over $3000 each during our stay . That is something I could never afford . It was one of the best places I have ever stayed in even though I had some unwanted room mates LOL !
So this van comes with a driver who has the personality of a card board box and didn't turn on the heat for us unless we reached over to turn it on , which he would reach over to turn it off within minutes . That was possibly the fastest thing we saw him do . The ride was supposed to be roughly 10 hours ... First stop we had was to cross the channel and let me tell you I have never seen water moving so fast !!! And we were greeted by a ram , yes a ram ... We thought it was a sheep but found out otherwise soon after as Tyler's wife and kids went out to see it as we waited for the ferry . One of the kids had his back turned to the ram and the ram showed him who's boss and fully trampled the poor little guy , it was funny watching Tyler putting the boot to this beast as it continued to ram the child on the ground . The kid is fine he has hockey blood in him and came out unscathed thank god !
Most of the ride I slept as there was really nothing to look at , it is a barren waste land with just wandering animals to look at so zzzzz!!! With a bit of snoring ;) our next stop was the Chilean border and that was a breeze , there is a short drive between borders and then we reached Argentine border which seemed to be more uptight and we had to get in private car for some reason , we were supposed to jump back in van after 1or 2 km but the van driver again refused to do what was asked of him , he really should consider a new profession !
We stopped for food at a gas station , no clue why but we piled into the van and said no to eating as we were about 300 km's away from Ushuaia . You would expect this to be 3 hours max ??? But our driver had other plans and drove slow enough to let the others stop have dinner catch up and pass us even though we told him to drive faster ;) he truly is a stubborn old fuck . So I went to sleep and woke up in Ushuaia and they were getting hammered with snow . Most of the guys are staying in hostel across from rink but Timo and myself decided to get a hotel room at Hotel Cap Polonia ... The driver did not want to drive us there but we forced him to anyway ... That 10 hour drive ended up being close to 15 !!
We got to our rooms dropped our bags and went for dinner downstairs and then our buddy Nacho showed up with a bag full of beer ;) the welcome wagon rolled a crazy night .., in full force when he showed up and we had a great pre party in my room then we headed out to the Irish pub where our treat mates showed up , it was packed with most of my argentine buddies ! We partied our ass'off then went back to my room for more beers! We partied in my room until 6:30 am .., what a party night !!!
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