Blogs from Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 13

It all started with our first big bus journey to Puerto Madryn from Buenos Aires, a total of about 16 hours. We were pretty impressed with the buses, much better than National Express, we went 1st class which meant huge leather seats, a 3 course dinner (served by the onboard host) and brekkie - not bad! Puerto Madryn is a favorite seaside haunt for the Argentinans but as it was winter the promenade was not that busy. We took a stroll along the seafront and watched the fisherman trying to catch their tea on the pier. The main reason for going to Puerto Madryn was to visit the National Park based along the Peninsula Valdes and for the pinnacle of the trip: a southern right whale-watching trip. We didn't think we were going to be able ... read more

After getting on our bus at 5am, all 10 of us fell sound asleep! In Argentina there are like very few choices of main roads to take, and a main road consists of like gravel road and there is no scenery its just nothing everywhere for like 14 hours! So good to have a night bus and sleep. However the route to El Calafate means we have to go into Chile and so we were all wakened up and marched off the bus in order to get our passports stamped by border control departing Argentina and then 20 mins late the passport control, for arriving in Chile. Why do passport control people all look so scary!!! Nikki even got in trouble from them and was told to wake up!!!! After the dogs have a good sniff ... read more

de einzig gletschter uf de erde wo weder am schrumpfe no am wachse isch. er isch riiiiiiisig. sowas hemmer wohl alli no nieh gseh. so krass vil iiis und sou. jaja. ganz fett. wuerkli. de name het de gletscher vo dem herr wo verantwortlich defuer isch in argentinie, dasses nationalpaerk git. de Francisco Moreno und (s'perito chunt vom wort expert). however. mir sind scho recht frueh ufgstande fuer so travel verhaeltnis, aber soell no fruehner werde. anyway. mir hend e alternative tour bueched. wommer chli en andere afahrtswaeg het und vil meh ueber dflora und fauna erfahrt. de rescht fuer die wo schomol dete gsi sind, isch denn glich, wie bi allne touris. chli uf ussichtsplatforme chille und mitem boeetli vor die jeeeenes hoche ismasse annefahre. (zum teil bis zu 160 meter, inkl. dem wo im ... read more

Came back to Argentina after the trek at Torres Del Paine. Arrived at El Calafate and did the touristy stuff like visiting the Moreno Glacier and horse back riding at Cerro Frias. At the Moreno Glacier, you could admire the glacier pretty near from a terrace. It´s fascinating, just standing there, waiting for big blocks of ice falling into the waters. And we took a boat ride that brought us upclose to the walls of the glacier. We even got to try glacier ice with our favourite dulce de leche liquor. But well, it taste like just any ice from our fridge :) Spent the rest of the time nuahing at our nice, warm and clean hostel and going supermarket shopping for food and more food. Since we had nothing better to do, we deecided to ... read more

one of the worlds biggest glaciers. 30km long, 5km wide and 60-90m high...a break or crack from the edge would make the ground tremble and the waves shatter and plurt in its wake!! and it was freezing cold!!! ... read more