1 Pieces

Bariloche is flooded with tourists from Brazil. Because they come from a warm climate they do not own winter gear so they rent 1 pieces for the week. Seriously, they look just like the picture and they wear them all over town: dinner, walking outside, breakfast, lunch, shopping. The streets are backed with families in matching 1-pieces. Its is a crazy sight.

And now the topper -- the other half of tourists are high school seniors from Buenos Aires who arrive on a tour bus. These groups also rent winter clothes and the entire bus rents from the same store so they too have a matching uniform. Not always a 1 piece, but usually a bright orange or yellow jacket and pants.

Most of the uniform wearing people make a trek to the ski hill. However, no one skis --- they all "play" in the snow. When you disembark from the bus a crowd of 1 piece wearing families and high school kids are running in the parking lot and jumping off snowbanks. It's an amazing site.

And the next topper -- 1 ski lift is dedicated to having these people ride up 400 feet to play in the snow and walk down. The actual ski runs are empty and lift lines don't exist except for the line for the chairlift for non-skiers. This line grows to 100 yards long.