Los Alamos El Calafate

... gekomen. De gletsjer is 60 meter hoog dus dat geeft wel een spectaculair effect.<br><br> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHayMS3 3MA<br><br>In de avond was er de wekelijkse bbq in het hostel, prima timing weer. De daaropvolgende dag ben ik naar El Chalten gereisd voor wat wandeltochten in de bergen.<br><br>groetjes,<br><br>Geert<b r><br>

... from one small airport to another that there shouldn´t be any problems. Ha! This is Argentina we are talking about baby! If you were to try this theoretical flight, most likely you will end up being delayed for 7 hours while you sit in a tiny airport with nothing to do. As an added bonus, the electricity in the airport will probably go out several times during that period so you will be in total darkness for a while. Fun! Instead of arriving in El Calafate at a reasonable 4pm you ...

... receding just as they should So, its not global warming, its nature. Sorry Al Gore.<br><br> Another day was spent on a massive catamaran exploring these glaciers from Lake Argentino and seeing them front on. The boat cruised through channels filled with ice-bergs (yes like the ones from Titanic, no we didn't sink). These ice-bergs (some the size of big houses) are created by ice falling from the face of the glaciers. They are amazing and it was really ...

... to see 10-15-storey high chunks of ice break completely free and plummet into the cold waters of Lago Argentina. In one sequence, three separate massive icebergs were created from the same spot in about 20 seconds and the entire crowd was hooting and hollering as though it was a show. Disrupting the silence of nature, the calving is the most thunderous clap one can imagine. It is raw geologic power at its finest and is ...

... it doesn´t seem to be receeding which makes it pretty special in these days of global warming. There are walkways set up on the land to see the glaiciers 2 different faces and I spent several hours happily wandering around and just watching it. I was lucky to see it calve several times, big chucks falling off and making big icebergs. I can´t imagine I will ever see a glacier more beautiful or more impressive than this one.

... the first leg of our trip (South America) via land which includes bus, car and boat. We have already spent 75 hours in total on buses and 7 hours on boat as we travelled from Buenos Aires down south. And add to that numerous tedious border crossings. As the transport aspect of this journey will make up a large proportion of our time spent on the continent...you can be sure that there will be some blog entries dedicated to our means of travel ...

... très bien visibles depuis la ville et surtout de l'auberge, qui offre une vue imprenable sur ce décor. A noter que cette dernière (America del Sur) est vraiment excellente: magnifique endroit, staff jeune et super sympa, excellent asado (BBQ) tous les soirs: à ne pas manquer! Cette journée fut assez tranquille, je me suis promené le long du Lago Argentino, avec sa couleur bleu-vert presque irréelle ...

... ons was ook nog Sauroman (schurk uit lord of the rings) heette werd het me echt te benauwd. Echter toen gebeurde het, Lester keek omhoog en daar zag hij een condor met een spanwijdte van ruim 2 meter. Toen wist hij dat het goed was en deze tocht zeker de moeite waard zou zijn. Dat bleek ook. De natuur is prachtig, brede valleis met hazen en veel wind dus een ideale plek oor roofvogels die zweven door de lucht op zoek naar ...

... a picnic bench with a view of the glacier (when do you get to sit in a t-shirt, eating lunch, and watching the most amazing piece of ice?!?!) we went back on the boat, back on the bus, and went to these balconies that overlook the glacier. Just walked along them and got to again watch the glacier. The sounds that this piece of ice made were really incredible. It is also crazy because it looks like it is completely still. But then all of a sudden you will head a crash and a ...