An early start to catch the bus for a trip to Upsala Glacier. The weather was good but the mountains as always were under cloud. The sunny weather held until we got to the lake and the start of the boat second leg. Glacial lakes are normally a lovely milky turquoise colour, like on tropical beaches the sun plays a key role in creating the colour. It is not just the lake I wanted to see in sunshine, the lake also contains large iceburgs. They had an amazing deep b...

If I had to choose five things I was most looking forward to before we started the trip, the Perito Moreno Glacier would be one of them. It has a lot of superlatives but it's the asphetics and ease of access that make it the number 1 tourist attraction in Patagonia. We took the bus only option, however you could be tempted with spending a small fortune on ice climbing and I would be tempted if I hadn't had a go at that before. You are constantly being tempted wi...

I awoke all tense, time was slipping away and being trapped for ages didn't help. I had to make a decision on our route in light of the issues in Chile. I checked the forum news that travellers had set up, info here is propaganda free. Good news there had been a deal and the barricades were being removed. The original plan was viable again, it also meant that we could visit Torres de Paine one of the must do's down here. Lots of planning, booking and painful sp...

Welcome to Argentina indeed! We however weren't out of the woods yet, our flights up north and ultimately home were scheduled to go from Punta Arenas in southern Chile (basically epi center of the strike action). With the current situation it is not known whether the flights would be cancelled or if you could even get to the airport. I phoned up BA to figure out the options and when a decision had to be made. There were two options for getting to Beunos Aires for...