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Revolving a day back around the world - From there I will be one day younger... and if I can't get used to the idea, maybe I'll just have to do it again the other way...

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I had planned to take the bus to El Calafate at 7 in the morning. I did not get it, as I had set my alarm clock at 6pm instead of 6am. That happens even when not at work, you see! We woke up in time for Milva to go to the horseriding tour she had booked.

I tried to get on the 1pm bus, it was full. I booked a seat on the evening bus, and went to wait interneting a bit (at 1 dollar per 15 minute) and reading my spanish dictionary for hours.

I went to take my bus at 6, the weather was terrible, with clouds and wind and rain, I thought about Bruno who was camping in the mountains, because we had told him the day before that it was great and that he had to go... when I met up with him again a week later, he confirmed that his one-person tent was not waterproof, and that day he ended up completely wet, tent and sleeping bag and clothes an everything.

I got in Calafate in the evening, had to spent the night there before catching a morning bus to Puerto Natales. Went to a hostel with the Irish and Aussie I had been travelling with, and then for a few beers. I found a small store open till late, where I bought rice and ham and cheese, in case I could go directly from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine on the next day.

There are days like that, fortunately not too many

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281.Cerro Guanaco - Tiera del Fuego National Park, Argentina Mar 07, 2007 ( This entry has 27 photos 27 )
282.Under construction - Camping out there in the cold - Tiera del Fuego National Park, Argentina Mar 08, 2007 ( This entry has 28 photos 28 )
283.Change of plans - Ushuaia, Argentina Mar 09, 2007 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 ) ( Comments 1 )
284.More exploration in Tiera del Fuego - Cabo San Pablo, Argentina Mar 10, 2007 ( This entry has 26 photos 26 )
285.Back to the American Continent - Punta Arenas, Chile Mar 11, 2007 ( This entry has 2 photos 2 )
286.Visiting and trying to shop - Punta Arenas, Chile Mar 12, 2007 ( This entry has 17 photos 17 )
287.Peninsula Brunswick - Punta Arenas, Chile Mar 13, 2007 ( This entry has 30 photos 30 )
288.Spending money... - Punta Arenas, Chile Mar 14, 2007
289.Checking out Puerto Natales - Puerto Natales, Chile Mar 15, 2007 ( This entry has 8 photos 8 ) ( Comments 1 )
290.Moving and organizing - Puerto Natales to El Calafate, Chile Mar 16, 2007 ( This entry has 2 photos 2 )
291.Glaciers, ice and the milky green - El Calafate, Argentina Mar 17, 2007 ( This entry has 38 photos 38 )
292.Glaciar Perito Moreno under the rain - El Calafate, Argentina Mar 18, 2007 ( This entry has 18 photos 18 ) ( Comments 1 )
293.Northern part of Los Glaciares National Park - El Calafate - El Chalten, Argentina Mar 19, 2007 ( This entry has 5 photos 5 )
294.Torre/Fitzroy Trek - day 1 - Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina Mar 20, 2007 ( This entry has 27 photos 27 )
295.Torre/Fitzroy Trek - day 2 - Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina Mar 21, 2007 ( This entry has 31 photos 31 )
296.Torre/Fitzroy Trek - day 3 - Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina Mar 22, 2007 ( This entry has 15 photos 15 )
297.Taking it Easy - El Chalten, Argentina Mar 23, 2007 ( This entry has 3 photos 3 ) ( Comments 2 )
298.A boring day - El Chalten, Argentina Mar 24, 2007
299.W trek - day 1 - Torres del Paine National Park, Chile Mar 25, 2007 ( This entry has 12 photos 12 )
300.The Torres del Paine - Torres del Paine National Park, Chile Mar 26, 2007 ( This entry has 21 photos 21 )

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