Last Wednesday we crossed the border from Chile to Argentina, the last country on our trip. We are both looking forward to the delights it has to offer (including steak, wine, and Tango dancing lessons*). Our bus took us to a lovely little touristy town named El Calafate, on the shore of Lake Argentina, via a visit to one of the more well-known of the glaciers in the area, Perito Moreno. We expected the glacier to be an amazing sight, having seen photos and read our guidebook, and we weren't disappointed - it was a totally amazing sight. The front of the glacier is 3 miles wide, it is 18 miles long, 70 metres high, and goes underwater to 550 metres in parts. That's a fair sized chunk of ice! And, it's getting bigger; it's the
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