Glaciers! Glaciers! Glaciers! We took Routa 40 down to the town of El Calafate which wasn´t as much of a non-place as El Chalten was! Really lovely actually. The hostel we were staying in was really great and got us up early for our trip to the glacier. Wasn´t feeling the best, so Immodium bunged me up for the day! We went to the glacier with th...

It was great to sleep in a comfy double bed, with decent sheets, and without loads of noise keeping us awake or waking us up early. In fact, it was heavenly. We awoke just after 9am, enjoyed a couple of powerful showers, had some brekkie, and then headed down to try and sort out our laundry, before we start having to wear all our clothes inside ...

El Chalten nennt sich die Trekkingahauptstadt der Welt. Der Ort an sich sieht erstmal nicht so aus. Es gibt dort keinen anstaendigen Supermarkt, keine Bank und die Strassen werden gerade erst asphaltiert. Das Handynetz ist noch nicht angekommen und es gibt nur einmal in der Woche eine Zeitung. Ohne Frage ist die Umgebung von El Chalten aber opti...

This will definitely be the coolest entry. Not only because of the ice trekking, but because James is writing. Sorry, could not resist a little corny joke to start off with for this entry (Vanilla Ice if you don't remember that sweet song). For all you dedicated blog readers who have become accustomed to my wife's amazing detailed entries, you m...

Helloooo! Got rather a lot of backdating to do as I've been too busy to write this week, and that wasnt helped by the stupid internet cafe I went to this morning! I wrote nearly this whole entry and then after an hour the computer shut down and I lost the whole lot. GRRR! i suppose I should have saved it, but still really annoying! And the staff...

We got the bus from El Calafate to El Chalten (4 hours), this was another bumpy ride, the raods aren`t great here, this village is fairly remote, but it is a huge tourist attraction again in Patagonia beacuse of its beautiful mountains. The only reason anyone would come here is to go trekking, as there is nothing else to do here. The village its...

The cloud was down driving in to P.N. Glaciares, the wind was worse than brutal, but we found an excellent self-contained cabana for a few days. As we arrived around midday, we went off for a bit of a walk - by the time we got back, we had been 20km! The views of the glacier were wonderful despite the cloud still being down, icebergs floating in...

We arrived in El Chalten 2 days ago after 3 hours flight from BA to El Calafate and then 3 hours bus to El Chalten. We decided to go for a city tour which our hotel recommended to do by foot. We did it and came back 10 minutes later!!!...having seen all the 300 hundred residents and 25 dogs!!!!! Seriously, this is the weirdest little village in ...

El Calafate offers little other than the glacier and some good restaurants so I take the 1:00 bus to Chalten. I have planned a 3 day trek based on an itinerary that monique has sent me. I have just enough time to pick up some food for the hike. I don't want to deal with the weight of cooking equipment so it is sandwiches, granola, oreos and frui...

On a grey cloudy morning we set out on our first trek, with concerns of cold temperatures stoked by the previous nights snow. As we ascended into the Andes the sun rose with us, burning away the clouds and heralding a beautiful day to come. Clumps of snow clung to the ground and trees creating both a surreal view and a source of cool refreshment...