Blogs from Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 3

Spent just one day in Sao Paulo to get my flight down to Argentina. Not a very interesting city but it is incredible how massive it is- The metro gives you a rough idea of the scale (Se, the main station is about four times the size of kings cross!) and I went to the top of edificio italio in the centre. When you get up to the 41st story there is a viewing terrace and there are tower blocks and concrete in every direction as far as the eye can see. El Calafate was a really nice change from the big cities. Went to see the perito moreno glacier which is really amazing- the pictures dont do it justice at all! Big chunks of ice fall off every 20 mins or so and they make ... read more

The five hour bus journey from Puerto Natales to El Calafate was surprisingly bearable despite none of us getting any meaningful sleep last night. After dinner and beers last night the 4 of us bundled ourselves into the back of an affable local's car and were escorted to the local 80's disco, wonderful! We had already enjoyed a fair amount of the local brew in a fabulous bar but it just seemed like the right thing to do at the time. After paying the entry fee of $5US each we made our way into what looked like a church hall. The bourbon and cokes were poured into the plastic coke cups with ecclesiastical enthusiasm. At this stage we didn{t even mind wading our way into the gents facility such were our high spirits. At 5am the ... read more

Do El Calafate sme prisli kvoli jedinej veci - ladovec Perito Moreno, je to jeden z poslednych postupujucich ladovcov na svete a to ho robi vynimocnim. Kym sme sa k nemu dostali zacalo prsat a bolo zima, velmi sme sa netesili na najblizsich 7 hodin ktore sme tam mali stravit. Ladovec bol obrovsky - 5 km siroky, az 60 metrov vysoky, pomaly sa zosuvajuci do jazera pod nim. Vacsina bola biela, ale dali sa vidiet aj modre kusy a niekde tmave "zilky", asi hlina alebo kamene. Pocasie sa zacalo vyjasnievat a nakoniec sme sa museli natriet kvoli slnku. Nasli sme si krasne miesto so skvelym vyhladom a pozerali ako sa postupne odlamuju kusy lady a padaju do vody. Aj najmensi kusok sposobil obrovky kus. Mali sme stastie, asi aj kvoli slnku, a videli sme odpadavat naozaj ... read more

EI Calafate is gelegen aan de oevers van het Lago Argentino. Dit is onze basis voor uitstappen naar het nationaal park "Los Glaciares". Damn, als ge vlak voor de Perito Moreno-gletsjer staat is dit niet groot maar immens groot. We hadden de chance om verschillende keren ijs te zien afkalven.. Eerst hoort ge een gedonder, gevolgd door ijsblokken zo groot als n auto... camion.. chaletteke.. die van de ongeveer 60m hoge gletsjermuur naar beneden storten, we hebben hier echt kanjers in het water zien belanden.. gevolgd door hennige golven.. en dan maar op en af crossen om te vinden waar t te doen is nadat ge zo een klap gehoord hebt.. In de namiddag, stijgijzers aangetrokken en een hike gedaan op het 'veiligere' deel van de gletsjer zelf.. tja, vetjes hé.. als ge erop staat ist ... read more

Perito Moreno Glacier… So we took our very sore and tired bodies to a 7.30am bus from Puerto Natales back to El Calafate to try for the final time to see the amazing Perito Moreno Glacier. We checked into a hostel we found in our guidebook and it turned out to be an interesting experience. The hostel was basically this lovely old grandma’s house but it was in a state of total disrepair….the kitchen had cupboard doors falling off and 2 plates and only 1 knife. But the lady running it was so sweet and was very patient trying to communicate with us in Spanish….and while we got there in the end, we were doing a lot of smiling and nodding. We had already tried to see the glacier twice our first time in El Calafate ... read more