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...

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...