Patagonia Queen El Calafate

... wind, to the Argentine lake, the largest in Argentina and one of the largest in South America. We discovered that the portion of lake attached to Calafate is not particularly accessible and didn't share the same amazing aqua-marine colour that other sections of the lake possess. Nevermind - there were some flamingos on the lake although we weren't able to get that close to them either. The town's setting is amazing, mountains on every side. Quite a harsh but beautiful landscape ...

Peguei o dia de hoje para ficar tranquilo. Acordei tarde e tive a surpresa de ver que nevou bastante na noite passada. A cidade estava toda braquinha. Saih pra tirar umas fotos e caminhar. Andei pelo centro e depois em direcao do lago.

Acho que estou perdendo a nocao do frio porque comprando um refrigerante num buteco ouvih no radio que fazia 4 graus com sensacao termica de -2 a -4 graus. Pra mim estava ateh quentinho comparando com os dias que passei ...

7th May 2009 We had an early bus this morning leaving at 7.30am from just down the road, taking us to El Calafate. This meant an early start and when its freezing outside the last thing you want is to get up out of your warm bed. The little man at the hostel reminded us of Manuel from Faulty Towers, he was a sweetie. He made us breakfast for 6.45am and we said goodbye until our return on Sunday. As we walked down the road we saw the bus ready and waiting, the pavements ...

... to forego this because of the expense, but it sounded awesome), South America, etc. The four of us split a cab from the airport in BA and we met at Plaza San Martin that night to check out the United Buddy Bears again and grab dinner together. We returned to BA to two large pieces of news. The first was the state funeral of Raul Alfonsin, the father of modern Argentina. Argentina suffered from a series of repressive ...

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We pulled ourselves out of bed at 6.15am for the bus picking us up at 7am. First stop when we got to the park were the platforms that have been built in front of the glacier. We got a fairly close-up view of the front face and were lucky to experience the thundering roar as a few pieces broke off and went crashing into the milky water of the lake ...

... uit het meer kunt drinken, en genieten. Niets meer, niets minder, alleen maar genieten. De tweede dag achter elkaar dat we op een belachelijk tijd (6 uur ´s ochtends) op mogen, om wederom iets wonderbaarlijks te mogen aanschouwen. De voorkant van Argenitinie´s Lonely Planet wordt erdoor gesiert: de Perito Moreno gletsjer. Onderdeel van de derde grote ijsvlakte ter wereld, na Antartica en Groenland en dichter bij land dan waar ook ter wereld. Op een afstand van enkele ...

Nous y voila. El calafate est une petite ville, base pour les excursions vers la partie sud du Parc National Los Glacieres et le Celebre glacier Perito Moreno. Pas aneanti par la journee sur le bord de la route a la sortie del Chalten, je m y remets ici avec succes. Un couple de Rio Gallegos, sur la cote atlantique de la provinve de Santa Cruz, me prend rapidement et m emmene jusqu au glacier qu il ...

... s fresca i bona!!! mmmmmm..... Després de les explicacions p**tinents ens posen els crampons i ens fan una mini-classe de com caminar -pujar i baixar- pujant com ànecs i baixant com si estiguéssim sentats, p** resumir... curiós... p**ò funciona :) Després de les explicacions p**tinents comencem a caminar. S**à un trajecte de més o menys 1h 30 min aproximadament. Podem veure kms i kms de gel, fent unes formacions molt curioses. P** exemple, la part de dalt, a vegades sembla que ...

After almost 10 days in BA, we finally arrived in Patagonia! First stop: El Calafate. Great place if you want to see the Glacier Perito Moreno, but extremely touristy though. The glacier is absolutely unbelievable: 5km long, 60 to 70m high... it's very magical! During our one-hour boat tour, we got super close to the glacier and saw huge ice blocks falling from the cliff, with incredible noises in the background. The whole scene was just one of the best thing I saw during the trip...