Patagonia views.



Barren landscape.

Hmm?



3 hour flight from Buenos Aires.



Lago Viedma.



Lago Argentino.

El Calafate.

Nice hotel for 62 USD per night...

...right on the old airport runway!



Sunset at 11 PM.















Main street - Avenida del Libertador.



















80 km to Los Glaciares National Park .



Lago Argentino.

A bit chilly, even in summer.

Pink flamingos.











Meow!

Cool, a condor!



A lone iceberg.



Yup there it is!

Perito Moreno glacier.

Big ice, small boats...



Excellent walkways.

To the boat.





The north side is 2.5 km long.

Finally here!

70 m high wall of ice.





Ice meets rock.





Climbing up.







You can hear it cracking and popping.

20 m high tunnel.

Dropoff from about 25 m makes a big splash and noise.







Now THAT'S a condor!



Almost at the top, nice view.



Crazy...

Southern iceflow.

Western iceflow.

Full panoramic view of south (left) and north (right) sides, 5 km in length.

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