Banging around from other people and the threat of missing breakfast eventually got me out of bed. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. It was worth going to a view point around town but I didn't think we would enjoy a long walk. Liz reminded me that we really had to change the flights. The Internet at the lodge was too poor to use Skype, we had to go into the village to find an Internet cafe. Away from the hills around the lodge we could see the entire Fitzroy range...

We awoke to a even better day than yesterday. We decided to do the other trek fearing probable bad weather for tomorrow. Our legs were saying otherwise, they were still pretty sore from yesterday and Liz's knees were in bad shape. The trek was 17km in length with a height gain of 400m. The height gain was pretty irrelevant based on all the ups and downs the route had. The trek started off pretty standard, but ended with some redeeming features. Firstly an area ...

I wanted to do two walks during the three full days we had in El Chalten, one was extremely long and the other obscenely long. The extra day was useful if the weather was bad or we needed a rest day. The weather was as good as you could hope - so a walk was definately on the cards. Liz wanted to get the obscenely long walk to Laguna de Los Tres over with. This decision was based on it being 12.5 km but I didn't dare correct her when she thought that was the enti...

We managed to stay in bed a bit longer than usual, I would say lie in but that infers sleeping, something that is difficult with doors banging and cleaners using vacuum cleaners. It was windy during the night but the morning was calm. We were told yesterday that the glacier trip we did was cancelled for today as they were expecting 100mph winds. We thought about how mifted we would be if we were affected by the cancellation especially when it was probally the bes...