Day three of our hiking trip found us waking up once again with fairly sore legs, but at least it was dry and we set off on a short half day hike to try and get at least a glimpse of Glacier Grey before we had to catch our boat to begin our return journeyContinue reading “Day 3 @ Torres Del Paine”
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Bus trip to Ushuaia….. The end of the world!
So maybe we should have done a little bit of research into this bus trip. We knew it was to the end of the world but we thought it may have been paved all the way…. Not so. About 3 hours into a 14 hour trip we stopped, caught a ferry across one of theContinue reading “Bus trip to Ushuaia….. The end of the world!”
Ushuaia
Well to be fair the town of Ushuaia is a bit of a dump. However the scenery around the town itself is absolutely breathtaking. The claim to fame is that it is the most southern city in the world and is an access point to Antartica which is only a two day boat ride awayContinue reading “Ushuaia “
Arrival to the wind and rain at El Chalten
So we have left Ushuaia and travelled back up north. Nothing really to write about as we did the same bus trip during the day and then stopped over night in a place called Rio Galligos. It’s claim to fame for us was that we had never seen a town/city with so much rubbish blowingContinue reading “Arrival to the wind and rain at El Chalten”
Mate (not the Aussie pronunciation)
Upon arrival in Argentina we have noticed the trend of carrying a thermos under one arm whilst sipping something out of a gourd through a silver straw. This is Yerba mate, basically a type of tea which people seem to drink constantly all through the day. (In fact as I am writing this we areContinue reading “Mate (not the Aussie pronunciation)”
Take 2 – El Chalten
So that rain I was telling you about was still there when we woke the next day. But after we cooked breakfast it thankfully cleared up. There were quite a few clouds around so we decided to walk to Laguna Torre which was at the base of Cerro Torre. We were leaving the famous FitzroyContinue reading “Take 2 – El Chalten”
Laguna de los Tres
Day three in El Chalten and day two of hiking started pretty well. Apart from a lack of electricity in the place we were staying which meant a balticly cold morning for us. Luckily we had a gas cooker and were soon stoked up and ready for a days hiking, just over 20kms planned today.Continue reading “Laguna de los Tres”
Last day El Chalten
We awoke to snow. In the village. It was crazy. Spring in Patagonia! We were a little worried as today we were leaving but the bus was not departing for Bariloche until 8pm so the plan was to complete another hike, come back for dinner and then go. We were also disappointed as we stillContinue reading “Last day El Chalten”
Bariloche
There is just something about places that makes you like them as soon as you arrive. Bariloche was another of these places, and I guess you could describe it as a large ski resort. Sitting on a huge lake and surrounded by alp like mountains it really does look very beautiful. The town itself isContinue reading “Bariloche”
Mendoza, wine country!
We were slightly dazed to say the least when we arrived in Mendoza having just stepped off an overnight bus from Bariloche. In between the bingo games and the bus load of snorers (I wasn’t one of them!) we had managed to get some sleep so we decided to hit the ground running. We wereContinue reading “Mendoza, wine country!”