Alto Calafate El Calafate

... these days are going to come and go. Tomorrow is a new day. Later that night I hop on the computer and chat with friends back home and instantly feel better. Gotta love facebook. (Thanx Clint =)

Next morning my tour guide picks me up in a bus filled with others just like me. Yay friends! National Park Los Glaciares. Spectacular! Never seen anything like it. We take a boat to get a closer view ...

... to be one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced...trekking on a glacier surrounded by the most beautiful scenery imaginable.

Well worth the hefty price tag associated with getting down here.

Tomorrow we hop a 3AM bus to Bariloche...and go north my friends! Scheduled for 35 hours, driving all the way through Patagonia...we shall see if takes less than 40 (since plenty of snow still fallin).

... annoying but hay what can you do, so we snuggled up into our seats and shut our eyes. After about half an hour they said we could wait inside the immigration building as it was warmer and there was a toilet. Finally at about 10am we loaded back on to the bus thinking we were off, not quite. Someone translated that we had two options, one - take a different route around which would not get us to El Calafate until 11pm or we could turn around and head back to Puerto ...

... The wind was bordering on the ridiculous. I couldn't help but crack a smile, but it didn't last for long. Then I saw it. An incline in the road but no hill - a freaking bridge! An elevated bridge over a navigable river, with no shoulders The river ran down from a gorge, and I knew the wind would be worse on the bridge. I braced myself as best I could - and made it over. When I finally got to the border at San Sebastian I was wiped. That evening I ...

Good morning all (itīs 12.45am here - Sunday morning!!). Although Iīm tired and Belle has only been in bed asleep for the last hour (we are still trying to get our sleeping patterns right!!), I thought that I should finally sit down and let you all know that we arrived safely! As Pablo indicated, travelling with kids was a bonus, particularly at the airports (first class check in in Sydney and the speediest exit thru BS AS airport ever - off plane, thru ...

... I went shopping this morning to get a pair of trousers and a polar sweater so that i can stand the weather in the next few days. There is nothing worth seeing here, i was told that before, got it confirmed in my guide, and reconfirmed this morning in the tourist office when i asked if there was any attractions in town. The eyes of the woman who answered me said "please not this question again". So i take it easy, i am tired anyway cause i havenīt slept in this stupid bus.

... cross.Whilst waiting for the Fernandez Bus that would take us to Rio Gallegos, we noticed a tough looking mechanic guy complete with biker beard and dressed in blue work overalls lounging against a wall, chewing pink bubble-gum. We found great amusement in watching the Hubba Bubba king carefully create perfect pink bubbles, giggle when they popped then draw the gum back into his mouth and start again. Some things are funnier on the road than they seem to be when ...

... corner of the top floor (first row, second floor) so I had excellent views. That is to say that I had excellent views of an incredibly boring landscape*. *I should point out that even the most exciting views can become boring after 18hrs of straight viewing, so dont feel the need to take my word as gospel Because of my front-row position, I didnt have too much legroom, and that only got worse when I reclined the seat. Actually, I shouldnt call it reclining because it ...