Patagonia Rebelde El Calafate

... lot of it reminds me of times when I've had to trawl through pictures of beautiful and exotic places around the world for the Every Day with Jesus calendar. So here we are in Every Day with Jesus land!

We also discovered that in terms of clothing we weren't as underprepared as we'd expected - layering works! We picked up another canine friend, after being ditched by Ricardo in Ilha Grande, who we named 'Poo-breath' because he stopped to eat some poo by the pavement. There are ...

... Devo estar me acostumando. Adoro o frio.

Ao redor do lago estao construindo um calcadao que vai ligar a Baia Redonda ao Lago Nimes, vai ficar legal. Por agora soh existe um trecho em que pude caminhar e sentei por um tempo pra ouvir os passaros e ler um pouco meu guia de viagem.

Mais tarde comprei minha passagem para amanha ir a El Chalten. Essa cidade de 300 habitantes fica mais ao Norte, dentro do Parque Nacioal Los Glaciares. El Chalten eh ...

... all slushy from the snow and it was cold. We boarded the bus, there was only about 10 of us in total on the bus and 4 army men. We were hoping they were taking a trip and not just on board for security reasons! Everything started well, we reclined our seats and tried to get some shut eye, until the bus stopped. We were not too concerned until after about 10 minutes when we had a look to see what was going on. We were stuck in the snow, the driver and the army men were ...

... valley. Again, Mary and I were not getting along on the trail because of different walking speed and the conditions, but we resolved to walk closer together and make the best of these rainy conditions. We were still hiking through one of the most beautiful national parks in the world after all. The section of the trail north up the Valle Frances is unbelievably fun, steep and treacherous. The beginning is a massive rock ...

... hours ago we were sweating it out in the jungle and now freezing our asses off. All was worth it when we got to our cabin... cutest little thing in the world... one up, one down... felt ...

... it. Next we boarded a boat to cross the lake followed by an hours trek through the woods alongside the glacier, before donning our crampons ready to hit the ice! The glacier was beautiful, even under the grey skies that we were unfortunate to have that day, and brought a new meaning to the word ‘ice blue’. A huge valley of undulating ice carving its way between the mountains. There were areas where the glacier was thinning creating blue ...

... meters kun je de enorme kracht van de natuur aanschouwen. Wij hadden een mini trekking op de gletsjer geboekt en dus werden we bij een klein haventje gedropt om op een schip plaats te nemen. Al varende viel onze bek steeds verder open, totdat de buurman er uiteindelijk in verstrikt raakte en viel. Wat een ONBESCHRIJVELIJKE schoonheid. Wederom dat diepe ijsblauw, nee eigenlijk alle kleuren blauw die er maar bestaan, 50 tot 70 meter boven het meer uittorenend en ...

... egalement. A l entree, la gardienne s approche de la voiture et ce couple bien sympa indique notre provenance en tant que de cette meme province. Les deux sortent leur carte d identite pour preuve, car elle offre un prix d entree de seulement 6 pesos alors que les autres argentins payent 20 et les etrangers 60 (12 euros). La garde se penche alors attendant que je lui donne la mienne, en me ...

... onades. És increible... A mesura que anem caminant sentim de tant entant espetecs! És com un tro molt fort, són les ruptures de gel. Se sent com s'esqu**da i com cau... un gran xofff... a vegades fa un soroll molt gran i cau un trosset molt petit; a vegades és molt gran ja que hi ha la part subt**rània que no es veu a simple vista. També veiem corrents d'aigua subt**rànies i forats, anomenats "sink holes". Durant el trajecte, anem descobrint una ruta nova, p** tant, si no podem passar ...

Yesterday we spent about four hours gazing at the Perito Moreno glacier, from all angles, different heights, different distances, near, far, up, down, side, along - we did take a few photos and when we get home, for those of you who are interested, Phill will be presenting a slide show! It was an unusually wind-free calm and sunny day, apart from when we were ...