Temorary Stopover

We arrive at 8 in the morning and our bus out of here is 9, so just enough time to have a quick wash and brush my teeth, grab a coffee and wait for our connecting bus to arrive. I am really glad we havent opted to stay here as its like a ghost town, and im pretty sure this place is just used for passing through. Our bus arrives on time and within minutes we are on the road again. Sometimes i feel like im never off buses but im just enjoying being chauffered for a change. There are only people on the whole bus 2 in first class and 4 of us upstairs and Mark and i both say wouldnt you have thought they would have just put us all downstairs, but i suppose thats not fair on the people that have paid for it. The journey is only 4 hours but in the first hour we stop so the driver can have a coffee at a restaurant literally in the middle of nowhere. The landscape here is so baron and dry its hard to believe were remotely close to glaciers.Another hour in and the glaciers come into view, a truly astounding site with their snow capped peaks Watching as they become closer whiles the time away and before we know it we have arrived. El Calafate is quite a small town very set up for the touristy scene with prices to match 5 quid for a beer(mark is t total for the next few days) We check into the hostel which are all within walking distance of the bus staion and head straight out to explore town. We do a bit of saerching about for the best way and cheaest to see Perito Moreno and opt for catching a local bus there and trekking on our own. We book the bus and price u our onward travel to El Chalten while we are here. We walk back through down picking up a sandwich and empanada and stroll down to the lake. The wind is howling and the warm clothes are out for the first time , including hats gloves and wateproofs. The view is beautiful here and after a go on the swings we walk back to the hostel and prepare dinner. Catching up with friends and family is key tonight as ive had a bit of bad news from home and feel a lot better once ive spoken with mum.We head to bed early as we have an early start in the morning and to be honest the bus journey has wiped me out.Read more