Tuesday, May 30, 2006

El Calafate 24th May

Little bit led astray here as I caught the only bus over into Argentina in the morning (5hours) only to find on arrival that there in fact no tours going in the afternoon to the Perito Moreno Glacier. Luckily for me the best hostel staff ever arranged a deal with a taxi driver to get me out there (80km from town) and back. It was amazing and even though it cost me a bit more than a tour would´ve I couldn´t go all that way and not see the glacier!!
America del Sur a great hostel, heated floors, amazing views, the best staff allround i´ve ever met, quite a few staying there so had a quiet night with a few drinks, awesome empanadas delivered to the door and icecream too (yes they delivered 1L icecream, chocolate, dulche de leche and coconut amazing!!!) then off bright and early the next morning to catch the bus back to Puerto Natales. Where I went back to Casa Cecila to pick up my gear and managed to have a shower, cook some lunch and generally just stay warm till I had to check in to the Navimag!

5km wide moves forward 2m per day at the front and 40cm at the sides (creates arrowhead) continuously breaking off creaking and groaning and cracking all the time.

No comments: