Hosteria Senderos El Chalten

... carried more than a few clothes and a toothbruh- the llamas do the rest.<br><br>Photos. <br>taken 600 so far !! will try and get one or two on this site- . might be tricky as connection very slow (here) a photo takes hours<br><br>Meals<br>even at worst the campcook Miguel provides pasta, steak, pancakes. LAST NIGHT A "TORNADO "strength wind hit us as Pasta (del viento)(our description as we had just climbed The Pass del Viento) was served (with Malbec ...

<br>Hola,<br><br>Het uitchecken in het hostel in Calafate was wat hektisch aangezien in het begin van de maand de argentijnen hun loon gestort krijgen. Ze hebben totaal geen vertrouwen in de banken waardor ze alles gelijk opnemen, gevolg is lange rijen en lege pinautomaten. Niet handig als je een busticket wilt kopen en het hostel moet betalen. Na wat rondrennen in de stad toch nog de bus gehaald en dus opweg naar El Chalten ...

... blown into the air by freezing winds and 100mph ice drops! I don't know if it's like that regularly or if today was just particularly crazy but I'm going back for sure! I never thought these kinds of winds could exist outside of a hurricane, but not I definitely have to go to Antarctica (maybe not this year) and sail the mighty Southern Ocean because that must be about 5 times more crazy that what I experienced today.<br><br>Day 2 - went back to Laguna Torre ...

... back with every vehicle that passed.<br><br>It was a long way back (10km, perhaps more) along the endless road and the howling, gusty wind was directly in our face. We were struggling to walk onwards at even half speed. Traffic was infrequent - usually buses and. excursion minibuses. It seems that they were under orders not to pick up anyone too cheap to pay for a ride or an excursion, and they obviously didn`t stop. Most cars began moving out to avoid us a long way off. It was ...

Tuesday was our final full day in El Calefate so we decided to book a tour to go to El Chalten which is about 220km north of El Calefate.<br>We left on the bus in the pitch dark at 8am after legging it down from the hostel after leaving abit too late but thank god we made it with a min or so to spare.<br>We arrived in El Chalten about 11am not really knowing what to expect. We taught it would be an organised tour of the area which is mainly in the mountains with ...

... because the route is bumpy. When I arrived in El Chalten, it was not raining but it was very windy and partly cloudy. I went to my hostel ( alken) which was not located on the main street on town. It was off on a dirt road. I checked into my hostel , and literally thought I was the only one there for the night. They didn't even have keys or lockers! I met up with some other travelers from my hostel for a hike. Even though the ...

... Stephen helping me down every step... i think i am going to die a slow and painful death... still no sign of the town... i sick of mountains and river valley views.... 7:00pm: first view of ...

... it is much tougher than the Laguna Torre. I set off at a gentle place trying to coax my legs into action. About an hour in I encountered a German guy who seemed quite welcome of the comapny, maybe he was concerned about advice no 1 on the Puma Defense Tactics. We chatted for a while and the time seemed to pass a little faster, however it also meant we missed a crucial sign on the trail and ended up taking a ...

... the top. Here is me waving from a rock at the top. The Japanese girl showed up and here is her photo - the V sign being a hello friend sign in that culture. Went down again on my own and found my pack with the worried Japanese boyfriend who was glad to see her photo from the top. But I was surprised she had not passed me on the way down and she was still not back when I left for the hike to the next Refugio with a Peruvian and his American ...

... said that 11 items constituted "a load", but underwear was free. WHAT?! This would have been hard enough to fathom and discuss in English, let alone in schoolboy Spanish.<br><br>We couldn't even find the third place, so in the end we gave up and headed all the way back across town to the first place to try our luck.<br><br>This time the price ...