http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Santa Cruz en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:20:55 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:20:55 +0000 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 ge http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-463568.html 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 whe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-463102.html 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 ou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-462728.html 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 12 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 al http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-462723.html 22.24.12.2009 EL CALAFATE JA PERITO MORENON JTIKKHyv joulua jonka kirjoitan kovassa kiireess koska kohta lennn maan reen Ushuaiaan Tulimaahan. Tahdon ainoastaan laittaa teille nhtvksi valokuvat Perito Morenon jtikst jonka pll kvin eilen kvelemss ja joka jyrisee aivan kuin olisi ukonilma. Jyrin johtuu siit ett j valuu pivittin parikymment senttimetri eteenpi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-462514.html RUTA 40 19.21.12.2009BarilochePerito Moreno 823 km Perito MorenoEl Chalten 663 km ja El ChaltenEl Calafate 215 km. Yhteens miltei 1700 km kolmessa pivss.Patagoniaa ei ole vain yksi vaan ainakin kolme pohjoinen jrvialue aavikko ja Atlantin rannikkoalue. Miltei kaikista asioista olioista ja ilmiist maailmassa sanotaan ettei se ole vain yksi monoliitti vaan on olemassa monta Patago http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-462082.html 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 g http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Los-Glaciares-National-Park-/blog-461655.html Seth and I trekked to Mount Fitz Roy today Words cannot convey the natural beauty of this place http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-461420.html Boat trip to the Glaciers today Upgraded to First Class WooHoo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-461418.html Semaine 21 Santa Cruz et Tierra del Fuego PatagonieLa 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 doua http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/blog-460669.html We really wanted to see Perito Moreno whilst in South America one of the few glaciars in the world that is still moving. Therefore when we turned up in the little town of El Calafate and took a local bus to the National Park we werent disappointed. Its incredible 60 metres tall with a 5 km frontage. One long river of ice which left Jonty speechless possibly a rarer occurance than the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-457216.html Will they just let us have a lay in one of these days Another 8 am bus but as i'm travelling with spaniards we don't go to bed until nearly 2 Anyway today we were on the alternative tour which meant we took the dirt roads instead of the tarmac On the plus side we did see about 10 condors beside the road. A hike ALONG the lake towards the glacier then lunch in front. There's always somethi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-456556.html I'd hoped to sleep a little on the transfer but the excitement had been a little too much to bear my ticket said 855 in Buenos Aires they told me 955 my boarding pass said 1055 and because it was aerolineas we took off at 1155 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-456350.html El Calafate is the small town from where everyone makes thir excursion to the Perito Moreno glacier one of the few still advancing in the World. We had a great day visiting the glacier seeing and often just hearing huge chunks of ice crashing into the lake. In the afternoon we spent two hours trekking on the ice which was a beautiful experience and ended with a whiskey on the rocks the r http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-456262.html OK No Bullets...From Fuetaleufu we ride straight back onto the dirt and ride some tough but lovely tracks to the start of the Carretera Austral. This is a largely dirt They are trying to tarmac it slowly road connecting the top of Chile to the bottom built by Augusto Pinochet's Chilean Army in the 70's and 80's. It was originally only there for the army but opened to the public in the late 19 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-454673.html Hello i want to share my experiences travelling in south america as a native i have information that i would be pleasent being usefull for a foreingn. Also i would like you to see an incredible video that i had edited. Enjoyed it at httptravelledpart1.blogspot.com http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Los-Glaciares-National-Park-/blog-450514.html Another fantastic Patagonian experience this place is absolutley awesome The Perito Moreno glacier is massive in area its the same size as Buenos Aires gt250km2 the front face is 8km long and between 150m and 180m high 40m 60m above the water. Its also one of the few glaciers in the world to be still adding ice. It advances quite a lot 2m per day so is noisy and calves quite a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-446084.html Our last blog was user unfriendly so we have switched....hopefully with better luck http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-444138.html Oct 4 2009So this was our bus plan. We wanted to go straight from Bariloche to Punta Arenas but since it was so far we had to take 3 different buses. Oct 4 Bus 1 left Bariloche at 530PM and arrived in Caleta Olivia 16 hours later. Layover in Caleta Olivia for 12 hours.Oct 5 Bus 2 left Caleta Olivia at 900PM for Rio Gallegos which was a 10 hour bus ride. Layover in Rio Gallegos for 6 hour http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/blog-443901.html hello again.this is slightly outdated but we have been with out a proper internet connection and most importantly without time. I'll give it a go and see what I can remember...We arrived in El calafate after yet another long bus trip at night. We found our hostel on top of a hill and relaxed with a beer and some cards. The next morning we looked out one of the many large windows and saw snow capp http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-442044.html