Fitz Roy Inn El Chalten

... dificil, escorregando muito, fiquei pensando como seria descer depois. Aquele gelo todo nao derreteria. Resolvih parar um pouco antes do topo e sentei para apreciar a vista. Valeu a pena subir ateh lah. Era possivel ver a cidade pequenininha lah embaixo no meio do vale e o melhor, os Cerros Fitz Roy e Torre logo a frente. Dava pra ver tambem que havia mesmo muita neve no vale e nas montanhas. Os lados expostos ao sol mostravm alguma vegetacao mas as
El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina andre_c10002

... back another time .. lol. The week of Easter is the last week the town of Chalten stayed open due to the weather. The weather in Patagonia in April is sporadic, I would 100% recommend going in the summer months of December, Jan, Feb. , although my time was well spent there nonetheless. Chalten is beautiful, and if you are going to be in Santa Cruz it is a must see, but I personally would not spend any more than three days there and two nights.

The day we came, we conquered and we almost broke up..... he he: So we came to El Chalten.... the trekking capital of Argentina to stretch our legs a little.... well turned out pulled a few ...

After my trekking in Torres del Paine, I decided to go to El Chalten, the other trekking mecca, located in Argentina. I didn´t really do much research before arriving, I just booked the bus and went. Quite a shock when I arrived and realised how small the town was, a population of 200 people. Luckily they had 1 ATM, as I was pretty strapped for cash. The ATM was known for frequently running out of money ...

... too much as we were wrecked and poor Keith´s knees were getting sore so we sped on downhill. A couple of hot chocolates later and a trip to the microbrewery and we were human again! We met a guy called Pascal from France who recommended we get off the Gringo trail and head for the Carreterra Austral in Chile. It sounded fab so we packed our stuff and off we went back to Calfate to try and find a bus to Chile.

... are photos in the museum at Ushuaia and it is not hard to understand why Darwin mistook them for some intermediate link between the ape and Homo sapiens. Sadly the misplaced kindness of the Spanish settlers in making them wear clothes out of Christian modesty and live in shelters made them easy prey to disease, with germs sheltering in unwashed clothing and filthy hovels. They died out within a generation. I was prepared this time with my ...

... de moins! rando avec Francesca et Laura a la laguna de Torre. belle ballade a travers la foret puis un vent a decorner les boeufs nous attend en haut! on picnic et se quitte apres le dej, elles redescendent par le meme chemin, je vais faire seule la boucle par la laguna Madre y Hija et le lago Capri. 2h plus tard (la ballade est vraiment tranquille c casi du plat!) une vieille douleur se pointe dans ma cuisse gauche, parait musculaire....je vais finir ...

... we met in calafate?.. well, they were ones that felt they would have been stuck in chalten for an extra 4 days... well, we sucked it up, and did the whole 31 hour leg together up to el bolson... great folks! justin, beth, kristen and mike (who left on his own)... we end up traveling with them for like a week.. and they keep luring us to seattle! arghh! maybe seattle is just meant to be! we will see... but for now, we´ll just enjoy seattle through these wonderful people!

... our stay. Similarly, the town still manages to be quite quaint and despite ubiquitous construction, it still maintains a relaxed ambiance. We both agree the relaxed air about the town has largely to do with the humbling beauty and grandiosity of Fitzroy which serves as the town's backdrop and center of gravity. We're pretty sure in fact that Patagonia's logo was fashioned after this range of sharp peaks. As dramatic as the view is from town, it ...

If we thought that yesterday was boring, today was like being frozen in time but with your brain still working.

The roads were dirt tracks, the landscape outside was non-existent and I have never been so glad in my entire life to have had a novel and an iPod.

We stopped more often than yesterday (mainly because the bus had no toilet) and despite everything the ride was long but fairly painless. I'm sure that our poor ...