Michelangelo El Calafate

... Ondanks de bewolking was het heel mooi om te zien. Er breken ook stukken ijs af en iedereen hoop een groot stuk te zien vallen, heb ik helaas niet gezien. Tegen het einde van de dag ging het sneeuwen en ik vond het te koud om te blijven kijken en heb in de bus gewacht. Net toen ik weg was, was er nog wel een groot stuk ijs naar ...

... so we will not pay for a hotel wherever you are stuck that night. However, our lovely ticket agents will be generous with their attitude. Remember, they won´t speak any English so it will most likely be very difficult to communicate whatever problems you are having.<br><br>Second, if we don´t cancel your flight, it will still most likely be delayed. Let´s say you wanted to fly from, oh, Ushuaia to El Calafate for instance. You may think that since it is just a short domestic ...

... the year without fail. This snow packs down and becomes ice which due to the weight, pushes down and forms these massive glaciers that extend through valleys until they eventually meet water or another mountain. The Perito Moreno glacier moves up to 2 meters a day, every day! <br><br>Its really alive and moving just the way it has for the last 10,000 years or so. Mind blowing. In fact, all the glaciers in the park are in balance - some are growing and some ...

... at the glacier, which allowed us to view multiple calvings. As Aron Ralston said, "geology is happening now". Glaciers are moving sheets of ice, leading to m************s and fissures, that eventually becoming structurally unsound and give way. Given the active movement of Perito Moreno, we constantly heard deafening creaks coming from within the glacier and only saw bubbling water escape the front facade. We were also lucky ...

... trip was the biggest in South America so I wasn´t expecting much from yet another glacier. I was wrong, Perito Moreno was amazing. I went on a boat trip close to the face and it was so beautiful. A really clean glacier with not much till in the face. Deep blue in parts and constantly moving. I have heard different things about this glacier in that some sourses say it is still growing and others just say it is in balance ...

... course be put in perspective...as I have not travelled the world extensively by any means...but I cannot imagine a more magnificent part of the world. For future reference, where I refer to 'we' in my writings, this refers to myself and my travel partner...by brother dearest...Jools. And from August onwards...myself, bro and 'my other half' Maree. Arriving in Argentina on a one-way ticket with no booked return flight or onward travel...we plan to ...

... et de lacs, le tout dans un décor surréaliste! Encore une expérience innoubliable! En fin de journée, retour pour El Calafate: tout le monde a dormi dans le bus, éprouvés par une très longue journée. Enfin, l'asado (BBQ) était là pour reprendre des forces! Demain, journée tranquille et trajet pour El Chaltèn, village de montagne connue pour deux des sommets proches: le Fitz Roy et le Cerro Torre (connus des grimpeurs comme une des plus difficiles ascension au monde).

... windvlagen van ruim 150 km per uur te voorduren kreeg begon de spannig voor Les op te lopen. Marth heeft in de auto uitgelegd wat de basics van paardrijden zijn dus dat moest goedkomen. Eenmaal aangekomen op de ranch was er gelukkig een engelssprekende gids dus dat viel mee. Daarna zo´n paardekeppeltje op en op naar de paarden. Deze waren aanzienlijk groter dan de pony uit 1992 dus even slikken. Toen bleek dat het paard wat ...

... off between the glacier and the land around it. We had to walk through a forest to get to the glacier and then all of a sudden we were standing on ice. But the forest has no snow, is all green and brown. And then, all of a sudden, you are surrounded in this white and blue. It was a lot of fun. We got to drink water straight from the glacier. At the end they gave us a glass of whiskey and an alfajore (amazing cookies that they have all over south america). After eating lunch ...