Blogs from Santa Cruz, Argentina, South America - page 19

We knew the hostel had breakfast (which we have figured out is worth about $3 per person when comparing a hostel that has it to a hostel that doesn´t). But we had no idea the breakfast would be this amazing. Toast, yogurt, cereal, coffee, tea, cookies, JUICE!, the works. We have learned that when a hostel gives you breakfast, take all that you can. So after stuffing ourselves, we wrapped up the remaining toast and cookies and headed to the 8:00 am bus. The bus, a large coach type of bus, led us East. We checked out of Chile at the boarder, drove a few kilometers, and checked in to Argentina. No cost! About 3 hours in to the bus ride, it got very hot and the driver didn´t feel like opening the windows or anything ... read more

The flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate took 3 ½ hours with Aerolineas. The flight on 29thFebruary was at 7am so it was an early start with my Nokia alarm set for 5am. I bumped into quite a few people coming back from their night out on the way to the shared bathroom and I was glad I’d caught an early night and just watched Clint Eastwood’s new film Hoover on DVD. The taxi picked me up at 5.30am and it was starting to get light outside as we headed to the Ezeiza airport. The domestic terminal was quite busy with other flights going to Cordoba, Mendoza and Iguacu. I arrived around 10.30am and the airport is quite small so getting onto the shuttle bus and to the hostel America Del Sur took around 40 ... read more

Trip from El Chalten, 30 mins on bus to lake, then one hour to glacier on boat, then walking and climbing with crampons and ice axes, fantastic day, amazing tee shirt weather (unusual in this part of the world)... read more

Met the group on the Gap trip in Buenos Aires, mixed group, 3 couples and a couple of solo travelers, and my room mate Erik from the US, he at 31 is the baby of the group. Flew down from Buenos Aries to Bariloche a nice little holiday town, also one of the most popular ski resorts in Argentina Lots of lakes, mountains and great views Patagonia a big farming area, many farms (estancias in spanish) are thousands of hectares, the land is pretty rough, they have mainly sheep and red Hereford cattle Lots of meat grill restaurants in Argentina, had some very nice venison and steak. The Argentinians like to have the meat cokked through and not red inside, which suites me fine... read more

Chegamos entao no domingo a noitee de calafate ha a dizer q e um tanto semelhante a bariloche, as vezes estes sitios fazem lembrar aquelas cidades/vilas proximas das estancias de ski na suica e austria... Isto para terem +- uma referencia... Pelo menos assim vejo. Este post e sobre o glaciar perito moreno que vimos na segunda feira. E extraordinario. Fizemos tb o passeio de barco que nos leva proximo do glaciar e de facto e impressionante. Mais uma maravilha da natureza e tao distinta do que haviamos presenciado dias antes em el chalten. Sinceramente pouco ha a dizer, e preciso sentir e portanto as fotos falarao certamente melhor que eu. Podem facilmente obter mais informacao mas so a titulo de curiosidade e dos poucos glaciares que continua a crescer embora nao se saiba bem porque, ... read more