Saturday 12 Jan El Calafate & Sunday 13 Perito Merino Glacier

An internal flight down from Buenos Aires to El Calafate. What a cute town – a mix of wild west driving in through the dusty brown expansive Patagonian Steppes, to arrive at an Austrian ski-town style, gabledroofs for snow but its summer and daylight till after 10. 70’s signs for disco and fondue! Chockers with tourists – puffer jackets rule. I had my first empanadas and tried to pay with Chilean pesos but we’re still in Argentina. Sunday day trip to Perito Moreno Glacier: Wow! Huge  fissures and crevasses with deep ice blue colour , all day the boom of falling ice. Beautiful snow -covered peaks in the background with the sun shining on the. Perfect weather, cold wind and sunny. There are walkways all over protecting the environment,  very organized  we also went on a short boat trip out to it. Pics next post.