There is no cell tower in El Chalten. Even before season, there are lots of hikers from all over the world walking around the village talking to each other and looking at the mountains instead of being on the phone all the time. Yael was loving it, Ran was going nuts.
Took a couple of hikes up the mountains and glaciers, extremely cold but worth every step
Posted from Santa Cruz, Argentina.
One of Torre del Paine highlights, icebergs break off and wash out to the beach at the end of lake Grey. We spent a lot of time (went there twice) walking between small icebergs and shivering in 5 degrees with cold 60 km/h winds coming of the glacier, severely cold but we almost couldn’t leave. And Ran said it’s good practice for Antarctica.
We were planning to get here somehow, even though the passes are closed sometimes thru November for snow. At least thats what we read. Arrived in rainy weather and got out of the Toyota into one of the famous Torre 60 km extreme cold winds.
However, the park IS one of the most beautiful places on earth, as we woke up to a gorgeous cold windy sunny sunrise.
After our quick detour to the Atlantic (whales, penguin, sea lions, all that jazz…) we finally arrived to ‘real’ patagonia – the glaciers of the Andes. First stop and our base for next week’s trips; Calafate and the popular Perito Moreno glacier
Posted from El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Largest colony in the world with 400,000 birds, we walked between them for 30 minutes in what seemed like 20 degrees below zero. The penguins were looking at us dressed up and thinking what are these humans doing here?
Posted from Chubut, Argentina.
After the incredible morning with the whales, we took off into the peninsula to see other wild animals. Driving on wet dirt roads, we stopped at several viewpoints. Elephant seals were fighting a 100 meters beneath us, and when we stopped at the Penguin site, i took out the 300mm lens only to found out i had to watch out not to step on them
