Two bus rides and 27 hours later I finally arrive in El Calafate. There was very little to entertain the eye en route other than thistle scrub, dust and Steven Seagal. A game of eye spy would not have lasted long. The main industry on the Patagonian step is sheep farming although the land is so arid it takes 3 hectares to support a single animal. One wonders why the ever present wind isn’t harnessed for more than just the occasional water pump.
I’ve now met up with Jeff, an American I first met 8 months ago in Quito. Today we visited the famous Perito Moreno glacier, the biggest in the South America and one of the few advancing glaciers in the world. The frontage stands at 60m high and 5 km wide which is an impressive sight up close. Occasionally there’s a dull roar and snap of cameras as a section of ice breaks off into Lago Argentino (see below). There’s something magical about glaciers that I will never tire of.
