hey all, Our time here in El Calafate, the Argentina side of Patagonia, has been sweet, but short. Its a small, a little expensive, but attractive and friendly town. Much more amiable than Ushuaia, whom its residents seemed to dislike tourists. Once again, we are off to another place. I forgot how stressful and tiring traveling can be, constantly moving. Yesterday, we went horseback riding near the town, overlooking the Lake Argentina in various stops. Momos horse, of course, was sweet as an angel while my horse was lazy and disobedient. Theres always one in the group, but my dad usually gets that horse, not me. It was still a great and beaufitul ride. Our tour guide, who was a pretty funny guy, afterwards talk a little about the way Calafate was changing, and the type of tourists who venture there. Or rather, the type that dont venture there, but take their fancy car for a weekend spin in polo shirts and suade, verses hitchhiking into town, begging locals to let them sleep in a tent on their property. He obviously wasnt positive about the change. But as momo says, nobody likes things to change (true momo, good point). Today, we went to see the Glacier National Park of Argentina. In total today, we saw 3 glaciers with I can name, many at a distance, and giant blue icebergs through various stops on a boat of about 100 people. Everywhere I looked, there was another amazing picturesque view. The only bad thing about the boat trip were all the other tourists. First, not to bash the baby-boomer generation or anything, we were probably 2 of the 8 young people on the boat. I dont know where all the young people went, but the number of grey hair out-weighted the number of colored hair on that boat. Second, it was almost like a zoo of wild animals, running around the boat, taking pictures without the thought to actually look at what they were shooting through their lense. One guy actually ran into momo while running to a glacier looking through his lense. He wasn't even watching where he was going. People pushing, bumping into each other, getting impatient and being in a hurry, when there is nowhere to rush to but 20 feet to the other side of the boat. Momo was designated honorary photographer of a particular Argentinian lady, who took a shining to momo. I'm not sure if its me who is crazy for if its everyone else. Should I be pushing people off the boat to get the perfect shot of a glacier that looks like the last 2 that we saw? Maybe I just am not used to so many white people still. I prefer to talk to the locals, after 2 years of Peru. They are, now, more my crowd. I'm sure that will change after a few more months of tourists. Though my friends who went straight back to the states after 2 years of service, they must have horrible culture shock. I am thinking of you guys! Anyway, the boat ride was awesome, I'm happy an well fed, and excited to see 2 more glaciers in El Chalten, 3 hours north of Calafate. Then I'll be all glacier-ed out! Happy travels, Teigan