Blogs from El Chaltén, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 17

Without much rest, Dain and I woke before sunrise to meet a group of people hiking to Glacier Torre. Our guide moved us quickly to meet Matis and Luis, who would be taking us on the Glacier for ice trekking. Now that the sun was up the snow stopped falling and the scenery was just beautiful. We crossed a fast moving, glacier fed river onto some steep terrain then over a small waterfall and back down. With the speed that Dain and I had developed from our Nalhua Huapi hiking, this group was frustrating and slow for us. We managed to make it to the Glacier and fixed on our feet a very fun set of crampons. The hiking on the Glacier was a key highlight of the trip for me. I love the crevices and ... read more

El Chalten is a very new, very dusty and sometimes very windy place and you would not dream of coming here unless you wanted to see the hills. The bus from El Calafate stops at the Parque des Glaciares info centre to give you a pep talk and a map. As the ranger says "at El Calafate you get the bus to see the glaciers, here you walk". The map is good as it gives you the estimated time for different walks and the amount of uphill involved. Checked in at our hostel and booked a table for dinner at the next door restaurant - as they have a curry style dish we didn´t want to miss. The chicken curry and rice turned out to be great. As the weather looked good we decided to do ... read more

Autobus nas odvezl stepi do mestecka El Chalten. Tady konci cesta, dal uz jsou jen hory a na druhe strane Chile. Mestecko lezi 4 hodiny autem od nejblizsi civilizace a vyhled na okolni hory je paradni. Po prijezdu okolo pul jedenacte vecer jsme zacali shaniet nejake ubytovani a me se dokonce povedla neuveritelna vec: nasel jsem 4 postele v jedny chatce, takze jsme zustali pohromade. Koupili jsme vinko a sedli si k rece a pozorovali hvezdy, parada. Rano jsme vyrazili na turu okolo hory Monte Fitz Roy. Viviana sla na nekolik dni pod stan a vyrazila tudiz sama a driv, zatimco my se chteli vratit zpatky a pristi den vyrazit jinym smerem, k ledovci. Tesne pred tim, nez jsme vyrazili se zvednul vitr. A jakej vitr. V pruvodci se psalo, ze v lete bicuje mistni svahy ... read more

Like El Calafate, El Chalten is another Patagonian town that visitors are attracted to by its scenery. Near to the town is the Fitz Roy mountain range, which can be seen from the main street. It is not hard to see far from the town as it is tiny and only has about four streets running parallel to its main street. The town consists mainly of hotels, hostels and campsites; with the odd restaurant and cafe thrown in. El Chalten sits within the National Parque de las Glaciers, just like the glacier Perito Moreno, and therefore offers a lot of outdoor activities. I went on a day hike to Cerro Torres, which is one of the mountains in the range. We didn´t actually climb on the mountain but instead walked on the glacier in front of ... read more

Apenas para aqueles que participam (ou participavam, já que há dois dias atrás Mayra e Rafa iniciaram a volta para São Paulo) da viagem: estou no acampamento logo após jantar, um chilique Rafael toma conta de mim e começo a buscar anciosamente um papel e uma caneta para escrever o que segue. Quando manifesto essa vontade para o Xuxa, este também é acometido por um chilique Rafael pois tem que me emprestar papel e caneta. Felizmente o primeiro chilique venceu e este post ganhou vida. Da última vez que escrevi neste blog fiz um relato da nossa experiência no e manifestei minha expectativa de que o relato pudesse ser útil para alguém que quisesse fazer o mesmo. Uma das coisas que mais gosto na internet é a possibilidade dos consumidores de informação se tornarem potenciais produtores. ... read more