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South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate February 7th 2005

ok. so i just arrived a few hours ago in El Calafate...way down south in the patagonia. im staying at a youth hostel..my first...seems really nice though..and clean! tomorrow i am off to the glaciers. http://www.patagonia-argentina.com/i/andina/glaciares/perito.htm ..im totally stoked..the plane ride here was breath-taking. i am here until thurs. then back to bariloche. im staying with friends and on tuesday the 15th i will be off on the bus ride..oh yes..a long bus ride..but hey..umm...it only cost about 25 bucks!!!!to santiago...so that means that on tuesdy-the 15th-in the afternoon my cell phone will work cause ill be in chile. i take a bus at 7 30 am from bariloche to puerto montt which is the southern coastal town of chile-i visited before when i was here really a great trip--i arrive there at about 1 30 ... read more


Le voyage en bus est long, et pas forcément très agréable car la route est plus une piste qu’autre chose. D’ailleurs ce trajet est en fait fermé la moitié de l’année pour cause de neige. Nous traversons les immenses élevages de moutons patagoniens… et avons le temps d’apercevoir des ñandus, les autruches d’Amérique Latine. Nous arrivons à El Calafate qui en soit n’a rien de charmant. La ville se développe autour d’une rue unique, remplie de magasins chics. L’ambiance est celle d’une station de ski chic… mais nous ne sommes pas venus ici pour faire du shopping. Le seul vrai intérêt de la ville est d’être le lieu de départ de toutes les visites au Périto Moreno, nous en reparlerons demain. Nous découvrons le soir une petite lagune au nord de la ville, réserve naturelle d’une ... read more
La lagune aux oiseaux
Toujours la lagune aux oiseaux
Un des nombreux glacons qui se sont detaches du glacier

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate December 16th 2004

After a quick flight to Buenos Aires from Santiago (2 hours) - the second flight on our round the world ticket - we immediately went to the Aerolineas Argentinas ticket sales counter in the airport to buy our tickets to El Calafate. The flight left next morning, and cost only 300 pesos - about 50 pounds each, bargain. I´ve dated this article 16th December, although we arrived in BA on 15th. We´ll add another article later when we´ve got something more on BA. So, we got to El Calafate and shared a taxi into town with a couple of Frenchies. We found a rather crappy hostal (the Albergue Beunos Aires) but settled for it as it was quite cheap and had a good enough location. We weren´t going to be in El Calafate for very long ... read more
Pete looking pretty amongst the flowers
A piece of ice shears off
Lots of ice

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate January 9th 1999

(Approximately 9th) :) Es maravilloso. Parece mentira, pero uno puede pasar horas admirándolo. Y cuando ves caer el primer témpano, se te llenan los ojos de lágrimas. Es impresionante. Y si estás durmiendo cerca, escuchas el ruido de los témpanos al caer. Además, en verano oscurese cerca de las 23hs. Se lo recomiendo a todos los turistas del mundo. It's wonderfull. It's incredible, but you can spend hours admire it. And when you see the first floe, you start to cry. It's amazing. And if you're sleeping near from it, you can hear the floeswhen they fall down. Besides, in the summer the night cames at 23hs. I recomend it to all tourist arround the world.... read more




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