Seth and I trekked to Mount Fitz Roy today!!!! Words cannot convey the natural beauty of this place!!! [View Full Entry]

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I'd hoped to sleep a little on the transfer, but the excitement had been a little too much to bear - my ticket said 8:55, in Buenos Aires they told me 9:55, my boarding pass said 10:55, and because it was aerolineas, we took off at 11:55! Anyway, I reached el calafate at about 8pm, and was driven to a very plush hotel.. Where the german guys got out, and we were driven through a disused airfield to the hostel! Bit of a let down. Nevermind, dinner was included, a huge parilla with a good view of the lake. Another early [View Full Entry]

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Apres avoir vu le glacier dans toute sa splendeur, nous etions gonfle a bloc pour aller marcher quelques jours dans le parc national...mais c'est comme si les elements s'etaient ligue contre nous. Jeudi soir, nous sommes passe par le centre d'information pour demander les horaires de bus en direction d'El Chalten et on nous a dit qu'un bus partait a 13h le lendemain, on a donc decide de passer une bonne nuit et de faire une petite grasse matinee. Le lendemain, une fois les courses faites, nous sommes alle au terminal pour apprendre que le bus de 13h ne partirai pas [View Full Entry]

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Hola! I dont have much time to write because unfortunately internet is very expensive here (one satellite connection for the town) and there is no plug in to be able to post pictures, but we wanted to send out a quick update. We will be leaving here tonight at 11:30 PM to head up to Bariloche via a 33 hour bus trip, (yikes!)... Bariloche is sky resort town on a lake and is much bigger than the 600 population El Chalten where we are now, so I will be able to write a longer blog there and post some pictures... and [View Full Entry]

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So after marching me aournd the mountains for 5 days Ed then put me on a bus for the entire day, we eventually arrived into El Chalten at 10pm. I went srtaight to be bed while ed worked out what other mountains he could climb in the area. The first day we both took it farily easy, ed went for a cycle and I read my book. The second day we got ourselves together and headed up to see Mount Fitzroy, the main attraction of the area. Unfortunately pretty much just as we started out it started to rain. By the [View Full Entry]

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After we arrived yesterday we sat down and decided what treks we would do. There were two long treks recommended. One of the was called Laguna Torre and we decided to do that one first. We slept most of Friday afternoon as the few drinks, early rise and bus journey had taken its toll. We went to the supermarket and got a few bits and pieces for ourselves. Fried rice with vegetables was on the menu and always a great filler when hungry. We haven’t eaten out now in over nearly two weeks and find cooking for ourselves much better. You [View Full Entry]

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Sorry it´s been a while......After getting our final supplies together (on Thursday 26th March) we got on the bus to El Chalten, which raced the only other company´s bus there all the way across dirt roads. On arrival we pitched our tent in the local camping ground and went to the visitors lodge to start planning our days there. However, the next day it started raining very early morning and didn´t stop so we became tent bound for almost 2 days! Fortunately there was a gap in the weather that second day and we were able to visit 2 viewpoints, 1 [View Full Entry]

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The weather wasn’t great today to try and do the big trek we had intended on doing. Instead we had a sleep in and late breakfast. We did a few bits on the really slow internet and pottered about the hostel for awhile. The weather had cleared up so we decided to do a small trek (about 10km’s) called Los Condores and Las Aguias. We didn’t need to bring anything with us as we were only going for 3 hrs. The treks we had intended on doing are only about 6 km’s return but or walk to and back from the [View Full Entry]

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Our legs are sore. Very sore. We have just completed a trek about 30km’s long, that went up and down the whole time. Our walking for the next while is over. In El Chalten we have walked a combined total of 140km’s over three days. Throw in a few mountains peaks and rather large hills and what you end up with is pain and exhaustion. We are not seasoned trekkers or by any means fit so what we’ve completed is an achievement. Michelle said she is rather sick of achievements and would like to be un-ambitious for the next few days. [View Full Entry]

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Got up when Alex’s alarm went off at 8:15am, he leaves for Perito Moreno town on his way to Bariloche. I need to get up before 10am , check out time here in rancho Grande, I decided I probably will stay here for another night or two, it is nice, only 4 beds in a dorm and has got internet though not free and warm and comfy. So I got down for breakfast and paid for another night’s accomodation. After breakfast I decided to do a short hike. Alex mentioned he did 2 short hikes, the Los Condores and Las Aguilas, [View Full Entry]

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