Travel Blog Photos from Chalten (4,163)
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Get on bus for El Calafate in Argentina which should take about 5 hours to get to. We head off on a virtually empty coach and enjoy the views as we cross over to the border which is a very quick process. I am bemused by the sign at the Argentinian border ...
Have a lie in today and Tony goes out to sort a hire car as its cheaper than the tours to the glacier plus means we can leave later. Weather still great and we head off after stocking up for a picnic. Drive is just over an hour away along the lake and ...
... have to go back to one day I guess, as I wouldn't mind driving the whole stretch in an old beaten-up truck. El Chaltén, the gateway to more gorgeous mountain scenery. You can step right out of bed, and head into the mountains for free (unlike the rather ...
As I passed the goose-stepping locals on my way to Josef Goebbels Memorial Bus Station I guess I should have seen the signs earlier about Bariloche's interesting history. I think I got away with mentioning either war - at least too loudly. After a five ...
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Exploring Patagonia
Posted on Sep 26, 2009, 20:26:37
For me, 5 weeks isn't enough. I could spend 5 weeks in El Chalten alone. If you don't climb, then you can get by with a lot less time. If you get a good weather window, you can see most of Los Glaciares near El Chalten in three or four days. ...
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Argentina with Two-Year Old
Posted on Aug 30, 2009, 19:07:29
Hi, My husband and I are planning a two-week trip to Argentina and are trying to figure out if we can bring our two-year old along with us or if that would cause us to miss out on too many things that we'd like to do. We'd like to visit Buenos ...
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Exploring Patagonia
Posted on Dec 4, 2009, 18:33:05
... and is very very clean, plus its on a wee hill and has these massive windows from the common room facing the Lago Argentino) *El Chalten(Fitzroy is one of the most amazing things Ive ever seen *Torres del Paine *Esquel(try to take the bus that goes up the ...
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Torres del Paine and the monero glacier
Posted on Dec 21, 2008, 15:43:36
... /no roads in parts). On the way back, the Ruta 40 bus is becoming quite the hit, takes a couple of days from El Chaltén in Argentina (Fitzroy access) up to points north, including Puerto Madryn. is the name of the company. Careful here, there's a town ...
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