Well we officially suck at keeping a blog, so here is a catch up blog to keep our loyal fans up to date. We last left in Ushuaia however as we are now in Peru many thousands of kilometers away we will have to fill you in slowly in parts.
After leaving Ushuaia we headed up to El Calafate- a day and a half drive away. Here we got to stay in a hostel which was terrible exciting after so long in a tent. We also got the opportunity to visit one of the most spectacular glaciers in South America, The Perito Moreno Glacier. Not only was it massive but it is constantly cracking so huge chunks the size of houses would fall off right in front of you although if you blinked you would miss it and would be left staring at some massive ripples. The sound of the glacier was unreal, seeming to sigh and then growl ominously as somewhere deep inside it would crack or break. Check out these wicked pics, it was one photogenic bastard.
When looking at this picture you have to remember that the wall of the glacier is 60 meters high.
So pretty!
So pretty- One of the other Australians (with a serious alcohol problem) got his kit off in the cold
Sam and I re-enact a classic film moment on the boat to the glacier.
I forgot to mention on the way to the glacier we stopped at this small ranch/coffee and cake shop that had all these crazy animals wandering around – inside and out. One of which nearly tried to bite and kick one of our Canadian amigos after she grabbed it by the fur as it tried to walk away from her mid photo.
A ridiculous wooly animal and a sheep-Brilliant!!!!!
Following El calafate we headed to the Fitzroy national park to a tiny very new town called El Chalten nestled in a valley between some seriously picturesque mountains. Here we hung out at this wicked microbrewery that served mean brownies and did some more amazing hiking
Some more amazing views as we hiked
Although we didn’t want to leave El Chalten it was time to keep moving and head north towards Bariloche the Chocolate capital of Argentina. Bariloche is a Swiss style town built on this stunning lake in the incredibly beautiful lake district. As it was colonised by many Swiss and German immigrants much of the architecture is in the Swiss chalet style and it is full of chocolate shops. Here we spent two days indulging our every chocolate fantasy and trying just about all of the many chocolate shops out. Unfortunately we didn’t take any photos, but if we had they would have been of us gorging ourselves with chocolate stains all around our mouths. We actually managed to put ourselves off chocolate for at least a few days, we ate that much chocolate.
More to come later
-Amelia
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