EL CALAFATE Patagonia. The land that time forgot. This is the land of glaciers, jagged mountains, free roaming horses, ice cold waterfalls, turquoise lakes, butterflies, and bright flowers. Tents adorn the landscape like mushrooms after a rain shower. If you're a geologist, photographer, mountain climber, or general outdoor enthusiast this is your Shangrila. Patagonia is one of the least densely populated areas on earth, which has it's pros and cons. On the one hand you can walk for hours without coming across another fellow biped, but because there's not as much infrastructure, the bus tickets are ridiculously expensive. It's fun to say you're at the bottom of the world but it was a nice surprise to see such scenery and feel that you have gotten more than your money's worth. El Calafate looks like Aspen, but
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