Glaciers and Mountains and Lakes, Oh My!

I had one more Buenos Aires outing for Davin's birthday. Here with Fernando (director of my program), his friends Gaby, Silvia, and Federico, and Davin. It was a great way to end my city time- I was ready to head to Patagonia!










I headed first to El Calafate, where I went to see the Perito Moreno glacier. It is the only glacier (on earth, I believe) that continues to grow. The ice walls shown here are up to 60 meters high- like a 15 story building of ice!










We saw and heard the crashing of multiple chunks breaking off and falling into the lake- some of which we got to pick up!












It is justifiably a very touristy place- absolutely breathtaking!














Next I headed to El Chaltén, a few hours north of El Calafate. It is a very remote, small, windy town with some incredible hiking. I was waiting for Cameron to arrive so I saved the good stuff for last. Here on an eventually snowy hike with the small town in the background. It is the newest town in Argentina- most likely founded so that Chile couldn´t stake claim to this land and fresh water (they have never-ending battles over border limits!)




Here on a gorgeous day with breathtaking Fitz Roy mountian in the background.













Cooking some delectable Argentine steaks in the hostel with Tom(Thailand), Dunkin (Aussie), Swen(Germany), Erez and Na'ama (Israel).











The views of this incredible range keep changing as you hike, necessitating excesive picture taking... thank goodness for digital cameras!!