Blogs from El Chaltén, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 12

Got up when Alex’s alarm went off at 8:15am, he leaves for Perito Moreno town on his way to Bariloche. I need to get up before 10am , check out time here in rancho Grande, I decided I probably will stay here for another night or two, it is nice, only 4 beds in a dorm and has got internet though not free and warm and comfy. So I got down for breakfast and paid for another night’s accomodation. After breakfast I decided to do a short hike. Alex mentioned he did 2 short hikes, the Los Condores and Las Aguilas, so I got out and put on my wind breaker and it is flying everywhere, the wind gusting but fortunately not so cold. I decided to last minute that I will go and see Fitz ... read more

Cesta dal na sever od El Calafate. Mestecko uprostred niceho. Jen skaly a reka. Cele se da projit za par minut. A jsou tu prevazne Hostely a hotely, par obchodu pro cestujici a hospody. V jedne dokonce vari ceske pivo - podle ceskeho receptu :) Nasli jsme tu nakonec celkem levny hostel - 30p$. Byl obsazen "Francouzskym gengem". A kdyz ne francouzi tak Kanadani, mluvici francouzsky. Prvni den bylo krasne - dosli jsme k lagune asi 11Km (Laguna Torre) a slunicko nam svitilo na cestu. Pak se bohuzel zatahlo a dalsi dva dny prselo. I presto jsme chodili na vylety. Nejdriv jen kratke a pak az skoro na vrcholek jedne hory. Clovek tu prochazi krasnym podzimem. Stromy jsou plne barev a teplota pomalu klesa. Potom clovek uciti snih pod nohama a pocasi se zmeni ve snehovou ... read more

Hola hola! Hier weer een berichtje vanaf ´t zuidelijk halfrond. Na een paar heerlijke dagen in outdoor Mekka ´Pucon´, met o.a. beklimming v/d plaatselijke vulkaan en nabubbelen in één van de vele natuurlijke bronnen, bevinden we ons in Santiago, de grote drukke hoofdstad van Chili. Het is alweer een poosje geleden dat we in de grote stad waren. Bueños Aires en Montevideo waren de laatste in januari. In januari was ik ook gebleven in m´n vorige berichtje. Van Trevelin ging het toen met de nachtbus naar El-Chaltén. Dit dorpje niet veel groter dan IJzerlo (500 inwoners) in ´t zuiden van Argentinië ligt in Parc Nacionales Los Glaciers (noordelijk gedeelte) en omvat ´t FitzRoy-gebergte en bevat één van de moeilijkst beklimbare bergtoppen v/d wereld (Cerro Torre). Argentinë stichtte dit dorp snel in begin jaren ´80 om z'n ... read more

Hi Everyone, We hope you are all safe and well. I am doing a very lazy thing here but because we are a bit behind i am going to put a trail of fotos on for you so you can see some of the amazing things we have. Alot of them tell there own story so we hope you enjoy. Big LOVE G&J... read more

This blog was written by my travel buddy Simon...... Day 1 - Leave El Calafate on bus to El Chalten After enjoying a touch too much Malbec the night before with some people we met in the hostel we kind of missed our scheduled bus and had to book another for 1pm. All went OK from there as we headed off for what seemed a very easy 3 ½ hour bus trip. However, we left fairly clear but windy weather and headed off into what can really only be described as ‘a cloud'... Driving rain and blustery winds gave the impression, once again, of the place being a harsh frontier town only suitable for the very hardy... I did see a couple of Condors overhead as the bus entered the valley... Boy they are big! Apparently ... read more