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El Calafate - Backpacker-Mekka nahe den Anden
Natuerlich hatte Aerolineas Argentinas auch an diesem Tag (die obligate?) Verspaetung, aber irgendwann am Nachmittag gelangte ich dann doch nach EL CALAFATE. Flugzeit ca. 1 Stunde und 10 Minuten. El Calafate ist eine Kleinstadt im Südwesten Argentiniens, in der Provinz Santa Cruz. Sie liegt am Lago Argentino und am Fusse der Anden. Die Stadt ist …
Blue ice
After a long wait in the traffic jam at the boarder we are back in Argentina. The big sign (as with every Argentinian crossing) saying "Las Malvinas son Argentinas " (The Falklands are Argentinan) reminds us to tell everyone we meet that we are South African!! There is a marked difference between Chile and Argentina. Now I know I will be lynched …
El Calafate and Incredible Glaciers
Saturday, Feb.18 My flight to El Calafate, Provincia Santa Cruz, left around 17:00 and one and a half hours later I was nervously waiting, as practically the last person, for my luggage to come off the plane. Since the flight was going on to Buenos Aires, the baggage getting off was not guaranteed. At that moment, all kinds of thoughts go through …
It´s (nearly) all about the glacier....
Monday 8 March
Had a chilled final morning in Ushuaia and arrived at the airport just in time - the weather had turned and it was blustery and raining!
Our flight was courtesy of LADE (operated by the Argentinian Air Force!) and our plane was tiny but quite smart inside. Views from the plane as we took off were fab - snow capped …
Ice Ice Baby
... los Tres) consisted of the journey to the glaciers at the base of Mount Fitz Roy. The 26km (16 mi) hike rolls through fields, marshes, and forests, with a killer uphill climb in the last mile. At the top we were greeted by two glaciers that drain into three sky blue lakes and the magnificent Mount Fitz Roy towering over us. As we sat down to enjoy our lunch, we decided that this picnic spot rivaled our last ...
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