El Albergue

... que aún esta prenda se llevara. La otra vez que estuve en Amsterdam en realidad dormí en Rotterdam, que fue el único sitio cercano donde pude conseguir un albergue (I was 25 and I was still on a budget) para tres noches. Hubo muchas cosas que por aquel ...

... , para continuar nuestro viaje hacia El Calafate, ciudad sin gracia alguna al borde del Lago Argentino. Nos alojamos en el albergue iKeuKen, calidamente ambientado por la chimenea alumbrada durante todo el dia. Ahí volvimos a coincidir con los simpaticos ...

... Rivadavia.                        Our hostel, the Albergue Patagonia, is small, but cute.  It's built in the wooden alpine style with vintage skis and snowshoes and pictures of the granite ...

... good to me and I had numerous clear days allowing good viewing of Mt Fitzroy and others. During my stay here the staff at Albergue Patagonia where the best I've meet on all my travels, always up for a drink and chat, always so helpful. Thanks alot to ...

... mit Schieferplatten, so dass ein Teil der Radpilger sich lieber für den geteerten Weg daneben entscheidet. Wir kommen in der Albergue Parroqual an und derselbe Ablauf wie gestern findet statt (siehe gestern). Wir treffen wieder auf viele alte Gesichter. ...

... belated, but Happy Birthday wishes. Theodora, toast is not a Spanish thing.  The closest one gets is Melba toast. Next albergue with a kitchen we will buy bread and cook it somehow as Bocadillos have worn out their welcome. we have had jam ...

We took a side trip to the small, isolated mountain village of El Chaltén, three hours north of El Calafate. There's not a lot to the village itself (which was built only 25 years ago to help secure the disputed border with Chile), but tourists ...

... and another huge sheet of ice came crashing down into the lake making waves across the lake. We then headed back to El Calafate, arriving around 3pm. Visiting the Perito Moreno glacier has definitely been one of my highlights of my South American trip, ...

... Following Ushuaia and the 10-hour bus journey back to the traveller's origin of Rio Gallegos, the duo aboarded the starship 'El Calafate' with a proposed, supposed and estimated flight time of 3.5 light years. "Splendid!" thought the brace. The scheduled ...

Vandaag naar El Chaltén, per openbare bus (ongeveer 3 uur rijden)  El Chaltén is gelegen aan de voet van het Fitzroy gebergte. El Chaltén ligt tevens aan de ingang van het Los Glaciares Nationaal Park. Dit park is zo uniek dat UNESCO ...

... Nous arrivons donc apres quelques heures de bus sur une route de terre et de graviers au charmant petit village de montagne "El Chalten". Ce charmant petit village fut cree en 1985 de toute piece pour le tourisme et continue a s agrandir d annee en ...

You go to El Calafate for one reason. To see the famous Perito Moreno glacier. However El Calafate is a nice small town to hang around for a couple of days and soak the atmosphere of ...

... lol. He wanted to travel with us and at first we said yes but he ws just getting on our nerves so we decided to stay in El Calafte for three days hahah which is way too much time, we went out to the only boliche (club in argentina) and dont get back to ...

... days while waiting out the snow in the mountains. Endulging on chocolate and other local delicacies, we easily enjoyed our time in Albergue Patagonia. After getting a little restless, we decided to explore a day hike to the east of town. It was a simple ...

... set our bags down we set off to look for another hostel for the following nights. The next day we moved to the Albergue Patagonia, just up the road.  Really great place with very friendly and knowledgable staff.  The next couple of days ...

more later TRANSPORT: from Chile Chico to El Chalten HOSTEL: Auberge Patagonia (http://www.hostelz.com/l/fr/hostel/35445-Albergue-Patagonia), dorms 25 ARS, very nice hostel, good kitchen and living space NATIONAL PARK: free, camping is also free, ...

... fewer artisan chocolate shops, but plenty of pretty log-fired wooden cabins, bars and restaurants. We checked into the cosy El Albergue Lago Argentino, run by the super sympatico and incredibly helpful Mariano, with whom we chatted happily for most of ...

... at the cafe Ayllu for some maté (apple pie) and people watching in the main Plaza de Armas. We moved into our hostal, el Albergue Municipal, after a steep climb upwards from the plaza-- but totally worth it for the views. We spent the first few days ...

really cool town to stay (if a bit touristy) but harldy bundoran either went to see perito moreno glacier from here...really brilliant sight, did boat trip on one side to get up close (70m high and miles long) on the other side we just sat for hours ...