El Calafate - Argentina
21/10/05
We woke up in the bus, it was still driving. The sun was already up and I checked the time, it was 6 A.M. From the first seat on the second floor we could see the road stretching far on the horizon, but no other vehicles. On the side of the road there was only empty fields.
We spent the whole morning watching that same landscape until we got to Rio Gallegos, at 12 P.M, a city on the other side of the continent, by the Atlantic Ocean. There we had to get off and change bus. We waited for one hour before boarding again, this time to reach our final destination, El Calafate.
El Calafate was a very small, but very touristic, town. There we found a hostel close to the bus station where we met the owner. Quickly after checking in we scheduled a visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier for the following morning and rented bikes to wander around for the rest of the day.
Yep, after bus riding 1,200 kilometers we went biking!
The place is a birds watching paradise. Right by the town there is a lake ...
... and a birds sanctuary where you can see many different species.
Since there was a kitchen in the hostel, before heading back from the lake we stopped by the supermarket to get some steaks and Argentinean wine for dinner.
We woke up in the bus, it was still driving. The sun was already up and I checked the time, it was 6 A.M. From the first seat on the second floor we could see the road stretching far on the horizon, but no other vehicles. On the side of the road there was only empty fields.
We spent the whole morning watching that same landscape until we got to Rio Gallegos, at 12 P.M, a city on the other side of the continent, by the Atlantic Ocean. There we had to get off and change bus. We waited for one hour before boarding again, this time to reach our final destination, El Calafate.
El Calafate was a very small, but very touristic, town. There we found a hostel close to the bus station where we met the owner. Quickly after checking in we scheduled a visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier for the following morning and rented bikes to wander around for the rest of the day.
Yep, after bus riding 1,200 kilometers we went biking!
The place is a birds watching paradise. Right by the town there is a lake ...
... and a birds sanctuary where you can see many different species.
Since there was a kitchen in the hostel, before heading back from the lake we stopped by the supermarket to get some steaks and Argentinean wine for dinner.
posted by Adriano and Angie | 1:26 PM
5 Comments:
how were the steaks and wine?
it is a long overdue update. But it is great.
Danny
Man, can you borrow me some Energy ? After 12 hours in the bus, didn´t you really think about a bed ??? I guess you were right... Time is precious...
Kisses for you guys, May.
Ah... I just couldn´t see the links with .kmz extention... Just for you to know.
Bye, May
Wow! what a beautiful view! I like the google feature, but some area view are not clear on google. However, your pictures are alway much beautiful. A bike ride after a long bus ride is always a good way of stretching-out and get your blood moving. Steak & Wine sounds great! Now, I am hungry! I should go and get me some steak and wine!
luv. Doris(Ling)
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