Blogs from Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 14

We had made the journey and decided ahead of time that it would be a quick trip to El Calafate, an overly-touristy town, built to function as an attrative and comfortable "holding tank" for the scores of visitors to Patagonia who want to take the day trip to Perito Moreno Glacier. The number of backpackers as compared with the hoards of people bussed in on luxury double-decker busses, did not even compare. I can scoff at these tourists only because I long for their reclining seats and lust after their air conditioning...does this justify bitterness? El Calafate is the perfect example of a boom town that was built up from almost nothing only a short time ago. When walking its streets, I secretly gushed inside with joy. There were people drinking coffee-REAL coffee, not instant- at ... read more

there is really not an effective way to completely describe or capture the emansive and enormous barreling river of ice known as the perito moreno glacier. it commands respect. it's unbelievable big. imagine a tsunami's amount of fresh, chillingly cold, glacier water, thrusting with unparalleled power down from some of the highest and imposing peaks in the world...and then, with the snap of a finder, it gets suspended and froozen in its path - an invisible shield holding the glacier and all its power from crushing into the valley and lake below. that is the feeling when you look up at perito moreno. the thing is...it's not really stopped. anyone who spends more than 5 minutes jaw gazing at the perito moreno will have the opportunity to hear the huge thunder-like claps of the glacier moving. ... read more

Oh, boy…late again. Sorry for the slow updates folks, but I do have a couple of excuses. First, Villa la Angostura is so beautiful it´s hard to drag myself inside to sit in front of the computer. Our hostería sits right on the edge of lake Nahual Huapi which is surrounded by snow capped mountains. In fact, we basically haven´t been able to drag ourselves away from the hostería. All the excursions I had planned to San Martin de los Andes and other scenic towns in the area have basically been abandoned because it´s just too beautiful here. A bit like a high lake in the Rockies in Colorado, and the town of Villa la Angostura is pretty much a resort/ski town, but in a good kind of way. Or maybe kitsch just seems better in ... read more

Am Fritig am Morge bin ich zämme mit dr Daniela (Dütschland), dr Yolanda (Holland) und dr Misha (Tschechoslovakei) mit em Bus vo Puerto Natales witer nordwärts zrugg nach Argentinie nach El Calafate gfahre. Kenneglernt han ich die 3 zämme mit em Thomas und dr Ariane im Hostel Backpacker Magallania in Puerto Natales, bzw. uf em Camping im Torres del Paine Nationalpark. El Calafate liegt nur öbbe 300 bis 400 km nördlich, aber dr klimatischi Unterschied isch mindeschtens an däm Tag riesig gsi. Während es in Puerto Natales mit 15 Grad und Windgschwindigkeite bis 60km/h ziemlig frisch gsi isch, het me in El Calafate doch scho wieder in T-Shirt und kurze Hose könne uf d Stross go. Au sunscht isch dr Unterschied zwüsche däne beide Tourischteort riesig. Während Puerto Natales nur us Wällblächhüser bestoht, isch El Calafate ... read more

Hiya, I am having a grand ol' adventure here in Patagonia. The trip has got off to a great start. I left Ushiaia (Cape Horn) two days ago, and am now further North at El Calafate. Its higher up in the Andes and has some amazing glaciers cracking into huge mountain lakes. Will forward photos. This afternoon I tour the most infamous ´Peurto Moreno'´ Glacier. - 60 meters. I'm in a hostel for these 3 days, and it feels good not having to carry my larger rug-sack every day... phew! It took 30 hours Door-2-Door to get to Cape Horn. I was hoping to check out a trip to Antarctica, but the 8 days required exceeds my stay in Patagonia. It would have been deadly to make the trip all six continents. Meeting lots people, ... read more