Blogs from Los Glaciares National Park , Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 7

After 46 hours of busing in 3.5 days, we finally arrived. The southernmost point of our adventure: El Calafate and El Chalten, both situated in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. These glaciers are another example of Argentina´s national wonders that we had no idea even existed until we got down here. That's one of the coolest things about traveling, you get to see and experience amazing things that you had no idea even existed. Sure, everyone knows about Maccu Pichu, The Great Wall, Mount Everest, etc. but for every one of those places, there are 10 more just waiting to be discovered. Things were about to get hardcore. As Californians, these glaciers and the icebergs that come crashing off of them were a rare and special sight (though honestly, seeing these has got to be a pretty ... read more

... strange title you may say, but it is true and I thought you might like to know. This is going to be quite a short blog as time is limited, but such is the life of a globetrotter... Anyway, we left behind lovely Bariloche on a cool, crisp, sunny morning and boarded the bus from hell. Well, maybe it wasn´t that bad, but now being used to cama buses (where your seat reclines very far and you can sleep like a baby) it was difficult to get comfortable on a standard comun bus (similar to National Express in the UK or Greyhound in the US). The next two days were spent travelling south covering hundreds of miles along Argentina´s Ruta 40. The going was tough but it was a great way to see Patagonia and ... read more