I got the bus from El Calafate at 8am and it was a 3.5 hour journey to El Chalten up in the mountains. The small town is miles from anything and just wedged between a couple of mountains. When Evan and I got off the bus we met Thomas (German) and another American. The plan was to complete the 8 hour trek to Mt Fitzroy the next day, but at the information centre we were told the weather was good today and bad tomorrow, so that was it. Quick dash to the hostel and ...

So i got in just after midnight and took a taxi to I Keu Ken hostel where i was the last person to check in for the day and the receptionist was waiting for me. I signed up for the trip to Perito Moreno to see the glacier the next day and got my head down ready for the 8am departure. The bus journey to the Glacial National Park was about an hour. The first sight of the glacier was quite something as this white wall appeared in the distance, at the first decent vi...

So i arrived in Puerto Madryn around 7.40am and seemed to be the only gringo on the bus. Determined to save money (having spent too much previously on beer) I decided to walk to the hostel. By the time i managed the 6 blocks between the station and hostel it was 7.55am. At check in I was asked if i wanted to go to Peninsula Valdes that day on the wildlife tour - obviously i said yes and then i found out that it left at 8am!! I had time to briefly say hello to Wil...

The journey from Pucon to Bariloche was very scenic going over the Andes mountains again. I wasn`t quite sure on the route that we were going to take though because a year ago the main border crossing in the area when 2 Israeli`s were camping and accidently set fire to about a million hectares of forest which also burnt down the border crossing point. Fortunately, for me I found out later that day that the new border crossing had only been open a matter of days a...

We got to Pucon at 9.30am and jumped off the bus straight into a taxi. We handed over the address to the hostel and travelled the almighty distance of 20 metres to the front door. After a little chuckle and a kind taxi driver that didn´t ask for payment we rather embarrasingly arrived. We had a very warm reception from the owner before another panic episode as Mike realised that he had left his bank card on the bus, which had since departed town. After realising...