Xelena Deluxe Suites Hotel El Calafate

... por duas semanas mas eh sempre legal ve-la caindo. A “nevada” foi ateh bem forte com a temperatura despencando.
Depois de um tempo achei o Museo Regional de El Calafate, melhor seria se tivesse ficado na neve. O museu eh minusculo, mal montado e sem graca alguma. Ao entrar, ninguem para me receber. Uma voz feminina falava ao telefone em uma sala com a porta semi aberta e permaneceu assim pelos 20 minutos em que fiquei ...

The original plan was to head to Santiago after BA, but it seems everyone was telling me that I can´t come to Argentina and not experience Patagonia. So after finally saying goodbye to BA and Storey, I got on a plane to head south. The terrible christmas present-looking llama wool jumper I bought in BA came in very handy as the moment I got off the plane, the bitter chill was below freezing. The two nights I stayed ...

... switchbacks downhill on the back half (this is the reverse when coming back the other way). The skies were cloudy, it was cold, the trail was rocky and muddy, but the scenery was absolutely gorgeous. We came upon hidden lakes, and followed the massive Lago Grey on our left (west) that is born from the glacier. About halfway through, we started to see massive blue icebergs in the lake that were the size of large office ...

As with Puerto Madryn, going to El Calafate turned out to be a bit of a last minute decision as its just so much further south than we intended to go originally. However, after hearing about the Perito Moreno glacier (and seeing a few amazing pictures of it) we decided we'd be mad to miss it. Decision made, we hopped on another overnight bus down to Rio Gallegos (where we'd catch our connection to El Calafate) and we were on our way. Pretty uneventful bus journey, though can ...

... It was amazing, again the pictures are proof. It wasn't actually that cold about 10 degrees and with all the walking and sun it started to feel quite warm. We saw some amazing natural crevices and wells and walked up some steep hills, it was fun to watch the lead guide hack away at the ice creating the steps for us to walk up. We didn't even need to carry water as you can drink the water form the ...

... that included tromping up onto it, which was pretty cool. But there was nobody that interesting on the tour, and I was a bit tired, so once again I go a little meditative about the experience. Specifically, the whole glacier thing is very zen. It doesn't look like it, but of course it is constantly moving and changing, like everything of course, but her you can watch ice crash into the ...

... ein** Stunde ist imm** noch nicht uns** ganz** Bus abgef**tigt, und dabei ist das nur die chilenische Ausreisekontrolle. Die argentinische Seite kommt **st noch. Ein** d** letzten Leute in uns**** Schlange v**li**t irgendwann die Geduld und fragt den Einreisepolizisten, ob ** nicht auch seinen Pass stempeln kann, und siehe da, ** kann! Wir haetten also auch nur die Haelfte d** Zeit hi** v**bringen koennen. Unglaublich. Wir finden es lustig. Im Nachhinein. Auf argentinisch** Seite dau ...

24 noviembre 2008: nos levantamos con la idea de realizar una pequeña caminata (solo un par de horas) para ir al mirador del Cerro Torres (un pilar también basáltico aislado, que el día anterior no se podía ver por las nubes) ...... pero esto es la Patagonia y el tiempo hoy no acompaña. Iniciamos nuestro regreso a El Calafate para ver si podemos organizar una caminata sobre un glaciar (con gampones, arnés y la parafernalia pertinente .....). A mi me hacía mucha ilusión pues ...

... ice is. It was amazing. The views were amazing... unexplainable, and unfortunately, pictures will never do it justice... like so many other amazing things (sigh). I have pics, and the pics are amazing. I don't like the process by which I have to upload pictures to this particular site, so I'm going to make an online Web Album using Picasa, by the by, and I'll post the address soon so you can all see where I've been. THe whole trip was amazing ...