Alto Calafate

A much talked aboout yet stalled 3 week Argentinian walk-a-bout morphed into a 4 week, well planned visit to Israel to see and support Camille during her semester abroad and a semi-researched solo trek to the land of the Andes Mountains, penguins, ...

... to Asia, with visits to Seoul, Beijing, Mongolia and Thailand. Our 11 year old is missing half of 6th grade. The progressive Palo Alto, CA school district is fully supportive, being of the opinion that he'll learn far more through world travel can can be ...

... encore se lever a 4h du mat.... Mais la destination magique qui nous attend apporte un regain certain d energie.... Arrivee a El Calafate ou un guide interprete nous attend.... (ce sera presque toujours le cas avec les parents pour qui ca revenait ...

Calafate has one attraction -- the third largest glacier in the world, Perito Moreno (among other glaciers here), which moves up to 2 meters per day, groaning its way down into Lago Argentina and breaking off a chunk to the crowds´utter glee every so ...

... 45 minutes, and we were in the small town of El Calafate.  The town is about a square mile, I'd say.  And our hotel, Alto Calafate (which means "high" or "tall" Calafate) was about a mile or two outside the town itself, and situated up on a hill ...

... before us. An easy afternoon at the hotel with some more homework and swimming.  Unfortunately our hotel was outside of El Calafate which meant that popping out was an exercise.  However there were a couple of trendy singers at the hotel restaurant and ...

29th November A day of leisure in El Calafate so we filled it with doing nothing.  Nada.  Ah yes, With exception to watching Chelsea of course. 30th November Another day of leisure as our flight was not until 8pm to Bariloche.  Two days in a row of ...

El Calafate is a georgous little place.  Very reminiscent of the alpine villages of Europe. We spent the day exploring the glacier yesterday, and today around the town. Had the most fantastic meal last night.  The traditional parillo - basically ...

... nos conformamos con las vistas y cuando ya el frío y el viento empezaron a hacerse desagradables nos volvimos para El Calafate.   En el camino de vuelta, a pocos kilómetros del glaciar el día estaba totalmente soleado. Hacía incluso ...

... , parte destes jah dentro do Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Nevou ontem a noite, entao estava tudo branquinho, bonito. Em El Calafate estamos na estepe patagonica onde soh existem arbustos baixos, terra escuro e poucas montanhas nao muito altas. 300mm de ...

... nbsp; Coyhaique Chile 115 Monday 1-Dec           Rest day   El Calafate Argentina 119 Friday 5-Dec              Rest ...

Fomos, de excursão, ao Parque Nacional dos Glaciares visitar a geleira/glaciar mais famoso, o Perito Moreno. Sem dúvida o ponto alto da viagem. Chegando no Parque, do ônibus já podemos ver a geleira se aproximando e ficando cada vez maior. A van ...

... paseo por Buenos Aires en el barrio de la Recoleta, barrio con un nivel de vida elevado y que se notaba por las tiendas de alto standing que observamos, tomamos algo y disfrutamos algo de la tarde. Lo peor vino después una espera de 3 horas o más para ...

We left very early and sped across to Punta Bandera as we were on a full day boat tour of, um Glaciers.  We were taken to the boat, a rather nice catamaran with five massive bags of picnic.  We were in the VIP section which meant we did not have to ...

Today was a full day tour of the Perito Moreno Glacier.  Our guide was a Cee Cee (Elizabeth) along with Juan our driver.  Even though we have seen many glaciers on this trip to date (along with a trillion penguins) we were honestly gob-smacked when ...

... . . . . I am still drying out now, and can still taste sea salt! We had met a really nice English couple in El Calafate ( Claire & Peiro), who have been traveling for the past 5 months, and are now on the last part of their journey. We went out ...

... aqui, mas os preparativos para a viagem continuaram e bastante coisa aconteceu. A reserva do hotel em Ushuaia foi confirmada e El Calafate foi escolhida como a segunda cidade principal da viagem. Não sei se vou a Puerto Williams no extremo sul do Chile ...

... en el bus desde Bariloche a El Calafate (y Zac perdío su camera...) Vimos Cerro Fitz Roy y halamos con los glaciares en El Calafate, encontremos Birte (con quenua), y dijo adios a Pierre (El Calafate)... Y Zac fue a Buenos Aires. Y, volver a Liza, y ...