Estancia La Quinta El Chalten

... facilities- so tonight back in the small wild west town and living it up!!!!!!<br><br>Weather:- <br>sunburn somedays, freezing cold the next, blizzards, hail, wind (constant constant even all the time never Patagonially ending), gusts that almost demolish the campsite ( but good Makalu Geo3 tents)<br><br>Alcohol:-<br>on a boat trip to walk on the Perito Mereno glacier they lassooed a lump of floating ice in the lake and served "whisky on the rocks"..In ...

... something and the wind was so fast that it was difficult to even breathe, like accelerating into a bungee jump or a sky dive. My hood was constantly being blown off my head and snow blown into my face at probably about 100mph. I put my video camera bag on the ground (weighed down by the camera, 3 batteries, 2 cassettes and some other junk) and it started blowing along the floor, and this is a very compact bag with nothing for the wind to really catch hold of. I took ...

... para a chateacao de voar para casa na Segunda-Feira.<br><br>El Chalten eh uma cidade muito interessante por estar dentro do Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, uma regiao super preservada e muito bonita, com diversas atividades<br>disponiveis, como caminhadas e passeios de 4x4 e barco a rios, lagos e glaciares.<br><br>[]s.<br><br>Andre<br> <br>PS: Vamos as coordenadas:<br>El Calafate: S 50'' 20.092 / W 72' 15.185<br>El Chalten: S 49'' 19.472 / W 72'' 53.531<br><br>

... 1300 metres, Carrauntoohil (the highest mountain in Ireland) is only 1040 metres.. feeling even prouder....pain is getting worse at the realisation that have to descend the mountain ...

... to get a snap of it but it was quite high and moving very fast. You may recall that I went on a condor spotting tour in Peru and didn't see a single one due to the bad weather. A few hours later, passing Mount Solo, the odd tourist and a few of the local Llamas, I arrived at Laguna Torre with Glacier Grande at the far end of the lake. The glacier was nothing compared to the mighty Perito Morneo but that ...

... Chile border which took over an hour with the stamping of passports, changing and checking of luggage and finally visit to the money changing tourist shop. It was clear that they are not the best of friends. I think there are ongoing border disputes in Tierra del Fuego. Taken via a swimming lake and local beauty spot and first view of Torres del Paine with a rainbow waterfall and via a hovercraft over Lago Pehoe to the Refugio Pehoe where I ...

... sporo lecz nie bylo nic tanszego. Na szczescie warunki sa ok. Po rozpakowaniu idziemy poszukac sklepu, zaopatrujemy sie w pozywienie na kolacje jak rowniez na jutrzejszy dzien. Znajdujemy reastauracje w ktorej serwuja nasze ulubione Emapanadas, oczywiscie skusilismy sie na male co nie co :). Po powrocie do hostelu, ustalamy plan na jutro. Postanawiamy troszke pochodzic po gorach. Musimy wczesnie wstac , wiec wczesnie kladziemy sie do lozek.

It was great to sleep in a really comfy double bed with decent sheets and without loads of noise keeping us awake or waking us up early! In fact, it was absolutely heavenly. <br><br>It wasn't bad outside either!<br><br><br><br>We woke up just after 9am, enjoyed a couple of powerful showers, had some brekkie and then headed down to try and sort ...

... to getting up and about tomorrow. <br><br>The good thing was that we were dropped off directly outside the hotel that we'd booked because that was also owned by Chalten Travel, so at least that saved us the hassle of walking around town with all our bags at midnight!<br> <br>After checking into our warm and lively hostel I jumped onto a ...