Today was a rest day in El Calafate. We decided to take a ride which ended up being a round trip of some 160km to the Perito Moreno Glacier and back which was amazing to see.
The Glacier taken with a panoramic view.
We spent last night and tonight in the Posada da Los Alamos which is supposedly a 5 star hotel!? Hotel looks great from the exterior, service is good but the place is dated and in need of some TLC in order to be able to call itself 5 stars.
El Calafate is a great and scenic little tourism town with plenty of restaurants and hotels to cater for the masses that pass through here to see the surrounds.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing, eating and sleeping as we have been pushing waaayyy too hard and averaging about 600km per day. Unfortunately Enrico and I seem to share the same goal orientated attitude which is working to our detriment as the only thing that can be achieved with this is that we will get to Santiago ahead of schedule which is pointless.
Tomorrow we tackle Ruta 40and the intention is to stop midway to Los Antiguos and stay at an Estancia in the middle of nowhere which should be fun.
En route back from the Glacier
dave
January 24, 2013 at 6:49 am
Wow, that looks amazing.. certainly beats Lesotho!