Friday, January 06, 2006

More magnificent mountains, lakes & glaciers


Off to Argentinian Patagonia I went...

...to El Calafate where I tried the calafate berry (with ice cream & waffles!) because legend says that if you eat it, you shall return to Patagonia one day

Tried a spot of horseriding up Cerro Frias, a big hill with great views





Lago Argentino, near El Calafate

Got a bit arty with the sunset...

...and a wheel

Nice colour contrast hey

The mighty, advancing Perito Moreno glacier

We hoped this big chunk might crack off while we where there! No chance actually, but I managed to capture a small splash on movie

Its 60m face was pretty impressive from a boat


Road to El Chalten - lucky to see the full mountain range of Los Glaciares National Park


Mt Fitz Roy up close

Crossing the Fitz Roy river


Another great day of trekking, lucky to see the mountains free of cloud cover


Ice trekking on glacier


Ice climbing - I loved those ice picks

Shame that broken boot affected my performance with crampons!

El Chalten

My boot after returning from supertrekking, and just before being thrown in bin


Kayaking in the Straights of Magellanes


Bye bye Chile