El Calafate - Argentina - Feb 3 2012Flew to El Calafate via BsAs. In stark contrast to Rio de Janerio, El Calafate is a small touristy town situated on Lago Argentino and surrounded by desert farm land, but it is the gate way to Los Glaciares National Park. The town is quite pleasant, similar to an alpine village with great restaurants and heaps of camping shops. We stayed at a hostel and shared a dorm with some other Aussies who are doing a similar trip on the way to working in the UK. We had dinner at La Tablita a steak house and we had a giant parrilladas (mixed grill). The meat is so good. Worth the trip. The following day we boarded a tour bus out to see Perito Moreno Glacier. The glacier is one of the only ones in the world that isn't receding. It's massive! You could fit the whole of BsAs on it. The glacier is fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which is the 2nd largest extrapolar ice field in the world, and is also the worlds 3rd largest reserve of fresh water. The tour lets you walk around on a series of board walks for a few hours before boarding a boat and navigating around the lake up to the glacier. I got to capture a large section breaking off.
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