It had been pretty late by the time we got to bed last night, not because we were partying, but because we arrived back late from Torres Del Paine and had to sort everything out for today's travels. We could easily have stayed in bed a lot longer, but we were booked on the 8:30am Cootra bus to El Calafate in Argentina.

There was still enough time to grab a quick breakfast in the Singing Lamb before walking up the hill to the bus station. The bus left on time and it was a very short ride to the border, maybe only 30 minutes, which took us by surprise. We went through the formalities with no problem and had our passport stamped for exiting Chile. Unless something unplanned happens in the next month then it will be last good bye to Chile, at least on this trip. A kilometre down the road we had our passports stamped for entry into Argentina, again without any fuss. This time there was no immigration papers to keep until we leave the country either.

We were soon on our way, driving through a very flat and boring, landscape. It was hard to stay awake in the bus, especially after the long walks we had been doing in Torres Del Paine. We arrived in El Calafate at 2:30pm and after grabbing a map from tourist information in the bus station, we walked the 50m to Hospedaje Flores del Sur. It has to be our easiest walk from transport to accommodation on the entire trip.

There wasn't a check in as such, the guy who was looking after the place for his sister, for the afternoon, seemed to be expecting us and simply showed us to a room. We had booked a double room, but were given a room with double bed and a bunk bed, it was basic but there was lots of space and shelves to empty our bags out into.

We didn't plan to stay long here before heading north to El Chaltén, we only really wanted to see the Perito Moreno Glacier so we bought bus tickets for tomorrow. Laundry was the other thing we needed to sort out, but fortunately the hospedaje, where we are staying, would do it for 80 pesos for full load - perhaps slightly on the expensive side compared to what we are used to, but then again everything in Argentina seems to be expensive.

We decided to go to the Glaciarium museum, but there were so many people waiting for the free shuttle bus that it left full without us and next one was not for another 30 minutes. That probably wouldn't have given us enough time in the museum before closing, never mind the Ice Bar next door, so we decided to skip it.

Instead we took a walk around town to see what was there and if we could find any money exchanges, which there weren't which seemed odd for a tourist town. We wandered round the APN grounds with various statues and one for the victims of the Falklands War.

We ate at Pietro, which seemed quite full even though it was open at an odd time for dinner compared to other restaurants. David's salty waffle with bacon and mozzarella was okay, but Maria's burger was quite dry and salty.

Back at the room, we looked at accommodation in El Chaltén, it seemed like the entire place was 80% full according to Booking.com (and very expensive too), but we emailed a few places regardless to ask if they happened to have availability. We'll wait and see what their responses are tomorrow.