Hiya everybody!!
For the past few days I've been in towns with not the greatest internet so uploading pictures isn't the best idea. However, my past two days have been really amazing so I figured I'd give you something to read, instead of just to look and marvel at. Yesterday I was in El Chalten a tiny town (pic will come soon). It is the trekking (hiking) capital of Argentina. It is where Mt. Fitz Roy is located, google it to see it or wait for my pics:) Well I was there for 2 nights and the weather was crap the whole time. On Sunday the 27th I went for a hike anyways with 2 ladies I met on the Antarctic cruise, Deb from Canada and Nicole from Germany. We all put on our waterproof gear and hiked in the rain. On Monday, the first great day, the weather was kind of ok. It was just super, super windy. I decided to hike to Fitz Roy because there is literally nothing else to do in El Chalten. It was a great hike and the mountain looked awesome. I also did a small arm of the same trail to see Lake Capri, it was great too. All the water along the hiking is drinkable, but I drank none because why the hell would I? It was instilled in me early on, to not drink water while hiking because you could get sick. When I got back to town I still had some time so I went to a nice waterfall that was only 3km away. Very awesome and worth it.
Then since the weather was bad and not going to improve for the next few days I deciced to go to Bariloche. It takes 2 days by bus and you go on Ruta 40. It is one of the lonliest, if not THE lonliest, roads in the world. That means that there are the fewest stops and stuff to see along the way. And most of it is just dirt road!! It looks like they are preparing to pave it, but I got there in time to experience it the original way, dirty and bumpy. I am in the middle of my journey. I was on the bus for 12 hours today, awesome;)
Now I am in Perito Moreno. It is a small town, but a bit bigger than El Chalten. The bus stops here for the night and continues tomorrow. It stops at a corner with 2 hotels. Both are small, one is cheap and one is expensive. The cheap one filled fast and not wanting to pay the higher rate a few of us looked elsewhere. We asked some locals for other options. We followed their directions, but that lead us to a dead end, literally. There was a small shop on the dead end so we asked them. The guy running the place told of a cabanya place and called and there was room. There were 6 of us. The owner came and picked us up, it was awesome, he had to make 2 trips of 3 people each trip. We arrived at this tiny cabin but enough beds for the 6 of us. Turns out we got the best option in town. Now I am sharing a small cabin with, an Irish couple, Doreen and Darin, a Brazilian, Felipe, a Winsconsonian, Jim and an Oregonian, Ryan. We had some pizza and now some excellent converstion. Tomorrow we continue the journey north. We are all going to different locations. I am going to Bariloche. It is a big city so there will be fast internet and I can put up some more pics.
This post is way too long, but I hope you enjoyed it. More to come.
The Wanderer
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