Rainy Neuquén

Neuquén, pop. approx. 200,000, is a nice little city. The regional capital. Touristy in as much as it's a transport hub for Patagonia, but not really for anything else. So the streets give off a normalcy, full of everyday people doing everyday things. Even when it's unseasonably 12C and rainy.

(Today's it's rainy and thundering all over the country. There was a freak hail storm the other day in Mendoza province. And someone told me it's snowing in the Andes! And that's where I'm headed tonight.)

The lady at the tourist information booth tried to give me a brochure on fly fishing in the region. I passed. But maybe I should have taken it. You can fly fish in the rain, right? I've already walked around the quaint, and compact town centre. I don't have any hotel room to hang out in, and it's 4 hours till my bus.