Glacier from afar

Never trust Chilean ladies bearing booze!

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October 4th 2008
Hope you're ready, it's a bit of a long update this one! Leaving Puerto Madryn, we headed south again to deepest Patagonia. After two more seemingly endless bus journeys overnight we arrived in El Calafate, a small town with more dogs than people.....Matt was not happy! The reason for going to 'Dog City' was the nearby Argentinian side of Torres Del Paine, a national park full of glaciers - the ne ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more