El Calafate, Argentina

A 12 hour bus ride to Usuaia was long enough and tiring, so we decided to fly from usuaia to el calafate. The departure area was in chaos as our flight was delayed from 9:40am to 11:00am. We kept on windging, and somebody said to us that we are blessed because we are in Usuaia. Dave said we would be blessed if we can leave Usuaia.

We arrived in a very lovely hostel, but we had to move to another one because no rooms were availabe next few days. We admired the argentinian bbq while we were having our pasta for dinner. We could not delay our dinner till 9:30pm, but hostel said it's an early dinner for argentinians because their dinner usually starts at 11pm.

There was a panic in town amongst travellers with a worry that they might not get cash out from ATM machines during long weekend. Many accomodations and shops don't accept credit card. People who were heading towards El Chalten had to run to an ATM machine when they heard there are no ATM machines there.

We kept on looking or friend Albert that we met in Usuaia. When we went to see Glacier Perito Moreno, there he was with his lady friend from Buenos Aires. He was hoping to see her ever since he arrived in south america, so we were so happy to see them.

Glacier was incredible. It is one of few glaciers still expanding. Every now and then there were raoring sounds when a piece of ice fell off to the lake. We didnt want to leave the place, but we had run to catch the 4 o'clock bus.

photos from el calafate...

youngmi and dave