Out of Chile, and into argentinian Patagonia. The sign at the border said 'The Malvinas are Argentinian'- the only really large sign there; maybe to reflect the 25 year anniversary of the lost war. Gary has a UK passport, but mine's Irish, so I told him he's on his own, loyal as ever ! A 5 hour bus journey over the pampas brought us to el Calafate. The pampas was just what you expect, a vast expanse of nothing- no houses, or people, and barely a road. The bus spent half the journey on a dirt road. A few guanacos, rheas, sheep on huge estancias and that's just about it all the way. Ther hotel in Calafate is very new, all wood, like a big cabin, so we're lucky. The town itself is very much a
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