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April 29th 2007

Published: April 29th 2007

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Elephant seal!

Big blubbery creatures that didn't do too much....thats all there is to say!

Crill King of the Hill!!!

Patagonian skyline

Patagonian view from our hostel window

could have sat here watching forever

Glacial landscape in autumn

Eagle with dinner in his claws!

on our way to the glacier we spotted this eagle (one of many) in a nearby tree, he's holding a freshly caught hare for dinner!!

What a view!!!

Our first look af the glacier in the car

Glacier Puerto Moreno

A really cool place.

Perito Moreno glacier

55 meter high ice block!

Apparently 180m deep below the surface, can you imagine.

Glacier view!!!

On a beach next to the glacier, just throwing some glacier rock.

Glacier with the Andes in the background

Patagonia!!

Mountain climbing round the glacier

...to get a better view of the beaten track!!

Water fall in El Chalten!!

Look at the colours of the trees.

The Magnificent 7

Holding up the swedish king!!!

Glacier in a winter landscape

This 3 pound bottle of whiskey kept us warm on the snowy trekk.

Local refreshments...

an abundance of icicles, handy for the whiskey!

The little villige of El Chalten

Home of the Fitz Roy mountain

hard to see on a snowy day though, not much else to do than throw rocks

Rock view of San Martin de los Andes

little village in the background

12th June 2007

Linda
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A doc in my hand is better then 10 in the woods
Hey.. Aww my fave pic of them all is the one when your diving and are holding hand with that star, hehe. Looks funny!!Wonder if it liked the little dance as much as you guys seemed to! Are they really friendly them little creatures??

12th June 2007

ben dale
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amazing
Pictures are amazing mate,im so jealous being stuck in manchester.Hope your both well

12th June 2007

Linda
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Giants on the mountains
Ha ha the pic where you are standing on that rock looks funny. It looks like u are 2 big giants standing on a mountain, and then there are little trees beside:)

12th June 2007

Jimbob
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Aaaaw! can you please bring home that sheep/dog! he looks so cuddley! Hope all's good with you guys x x x x

13th June 2007

Richard Bailey
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WOW
hey Christian! These photos are amazing. What a view! SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO Jealous!

14th June 2007

Sebastian
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Hola AMIGOS!
Muy bueno el blog, muy lindas fotos. Fue un placer haberlos conocido! Este es mi blog --> sebalaterza.spaces.live.com Un gran abrazo.

15th June 2007

Tanith
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Hey guys nice to see all the stuff we did together, you`ve gotta send us some photos! we`re in Bolivia, about to go to cusco tomorrow. Where are you now? t xx

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