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Na 30 uur reizen, 3 vliegtuigen, 1 bus door Buenos Aires en een stukje taxi waren we dan gisteren aangekomen in ons hostel in El Calefate. We zijn daar nog even het centrum ingeweest, hebben daar een paar boodschappen gehaald en zijn vervolgens een paar uur gecrashed in onze kamer. Voor ons avondeten hadden we ons opgegeven voor de allyoucaneat BBQ, die elke avond in het hostel hiervlakbij werd gehouden. Dat was een enorm goede BBQ! En dat kwam niet alleen doordat we echt aan een hapje eten toe waren. Het vlees was fantastisch en daarbij hadden we ook nog schitterend [View Full Entry]

marjanca - Marjanca Koetsier | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 29th 2009 | 59 Views | [diary=463568]

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Chuck is napping so I'm solo for this entry! The glacier itself and the sun and clouds on the amazing array of blues and greys produced by the ice meant that Chuck took over 400 photos that day. It was a "gap day" between our adventure in Torres del Paine and our Christmas week in the Falkland Islands, but it ended up being one of our most exhilirating days! We felt like we were coming home when we arrived back in El Calafate, with the familiar short-legged stray dogs and the amazingly helpful hostelkeepers at Che Lagarto. The tour bus picked [View Full Entry]

ChuckandRach - Charles Bruce | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 27th 2009 | 57 Views | [diary=463102]

Ice as far as the eye can see
Glacier rupture
Boating to the trailhead

Day 7 Although the location implies that we are in El Calafate, we will end up in Punta Arenas today via Ushuaia. We left El Calafate today, our favorite place so far, for Punta Arenas. On our way to Punta Arena we stopped in Ushuaia. Ushuaia is the southern most city in the world. The weather was quickly moving into Ushuaia so it was wise to keep our visit short if we wanted to make it to our next destination. It was not as cold as one might expect, although it was very windy. We had just enough time to snap [View Full Entry]

AandW - Amber and Warren | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 26th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=462728]

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22.-24.12.2009 EL CALAFATE JA PERITO MORENON JÄÄTIKKÖ Hyvää joulua, jonka kirjoitan kovassa kiireessä, koska kohta lennän maan ääreen, Ushuaiaan, Tulimaahan. Tahdon ainoastaan laittaa teille nähtäväksi valokuvat Perito Morenon jäätiköstä, jonka päällä kävin eilen kävelemässä, ja joka jyrisee aivan kuin olisi ukonilma. Jyrinä johtuu siitä, että jää valuu päivittäin parikymmentä senttimetriä eteenpäin ja lohkeilee kärjestä. Ensimmäiset kuvat on otettu pilvisellä säällä, joten lisätkää kontrastia, jotta näkisitte jään paremmin. Viimeisissä kuvissa pilviverho väistyi ja kuvista saa paremman [View Full Entry]

MariaS ntti - Maria Säntti | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 24th 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=462514]

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Day 6 Our driver from yesterday has agreed to take us out to the famous Glacier Moreno. The drive takes about an hour and is well worth it. The paved highway is only 1 1/2 years old and was previously a gravel road. I thank God for the paved road because it is windy enough and with my tendency of motion sickness, I do not need any encouragement to become ill. The driver is well informed of all the local history and is our own private tour guide. He stops at all of the best photo opts and even waits for [View Full Entry]

AandW - Amber and Warren | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 26th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=462723]

Moreno Glacier South Face
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North face and Tierra Moreno (aka Grinch mountain)

RUTA 40 19.-21.12.2009 Bariloche-Perito Moreno 823 km, Perito Moreno-El Chalten 663 km ja El Chalten-El Calafate 215 km. Yhteensä miltei 1700 km kolmessa päivässä. Patagoniaa ei ole vain yksi, vaan ainakin kolme: pohjoinen järvialue, aavikko ja Atlantin rannikkoalue. (Miltei kaikista asioista, olioista ja ilmiöistä maailmassa sanotaan, ettei se ole vain yksi monoliitti, vaan on olemassa monta Patagoniaa.) Barilochen järvialue vuorineen jäi taakse. Andit etääntyivät horisonttiin. Sitten alkoi kasvillisuus harveta, kunnes puita ei enää ollut eikä kohta puskiakaan vaan ainoastaan suoraan [View Full Entry]

MariaS ntti - Maria Säntti | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=462082]

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Hiked on the Videma Galcier today. It was very windy. So windy, that my glasses got ripped off my face. As I started after them, which was a bad move, I tripped on the crampons (ice climbing cleats) and started sliding down the glacier towards a huge crevasse. Luckily I got my crampons dug into the ice and stopped my slide a few feet before I would have been in alot of pain. However, my eye glasses were sacrificed to the "ice gods" [View Full Entry]

gottman - George Ott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 20th 2009 | 16 Views | [diary=461655]

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Me at the face of the Glacier

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

gottman - George Ott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 19th 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=461420]

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On the Trail

Boat trip to the Glaciers today!!!! Upgraded to First Class!!!! WooHoo!!! [View Full Entry]

gottman - George Ott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 19th 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=461418]

Million year old ice
Me and Spegazzini Glacier
Me and Spegazzini Again

Semaine 21 - Santa Cruz et Tierra del Fuego, Patagonie La nuit pour recuperer du Torres del Paine fut courte! Couchee 2h30 du matin et levee 6h30 pour prendre le bus a 7h du matin, direction l'Argentine, vers la petite ville de El Calafate. Ayant quitte 2 des alpacas, Martin et Julie, Bob et moi avons bien roupille pdt les 4h de bus (bien que reveille toutes les demi heures pour les formalites douanieres !). El Calafate, ville super toursitique ou il fait cela dit bon vivre. J'etais content de revoir le soleil (car Calafate est de l'autre cote des Andes, [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 15th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=460669]

ready to rule !
le Fitz Roy
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