El Calafate to Bariloche via El Chalten
January 23rd 2013 From Puerto Natales caught an early coach through the Patagonian steppe across back into Argentina, passing flamingo-dotted lakes, flocks of flightless rheas and llama-like guanacos en route. Stayed at the friendly Hostal Amancay in El Calafate, and had relaxed evening walk around Laguna Nimez nature reserve with flamingoes, geese and kestrels (?). Felt a minor earthquake for the first time (origi
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