After a quick flight to El Calafate, we checked into our Hostel "America del Sur" and proceeded to rent a car for the afternoon to head out to Perito Moreno glacier, since all the tours were full. We joined up with a Canadian back packer and drove west through some desert like scenery, spoted with huge azur blue lakes. Then, after entering the national park, there it was, coming around a curve, the magnificent view of the huge glacier. It is amasing, 2.5 miles wide and some 150 feet tall. I never imagined it to be this breath taking. Not just the size and view of it, but hearing it, was even more amazing. It is called "calfing,¨the breaking off of chunks of ice, splashing in the water below. An unbelievable sight! The weather was perfect, relatively warm and calm. I think this was the best part yet of our trip, even better then the ferry trip! Tomorrow we are going on an organized boat excursion, seeing more glaciers, especially the biggest one of S.America, the Upsala glacier. We were supposed to go to the ¨"Torres del Paine¨national park, but could not find a seat on a bus. That was disappointing, as we really looked forward to this. But the glacier tour should be great too and maybe we come back one year to go to Torres. The season here is about to end, but there are still lots of tourists here. We are enjoying our hostel stays, meeting lots of wonderful young back packers, always fun to be around with, better then the stuffy old folks you meet in your avarage hotel.
Anyways, time to get to bed, had a long day. Thanks for all your great comments, we love hearing from you!
PS Yesterday I spemt an hour downloading pictures at an internet cafe, only to comeout with one picutre on the blog, oh well, I am learing. I promise to post tons of them when we get back. And I meant Naval not Navel Academy!! It was 1 am and after a good bottle of Malbec!!
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