Laguna Torre

We board the bus for an 8am departure and the bus pulls out the station at 745 talk about being pronto, im so glad im always early. An hour and a half into the journey we pull off the baron landscaped road down a dirt track and i think the bus is about to be hijacked lol. There is a little cafe here and it is packed , it seems every bus that takes this route stops here even though the journey fro El Calafate is only 4 hours long. We arrive in El Chalten shortly after 12 drp our bags in the hostel and head straight out for a trek. the trek is six hours long and 15 miinutes in Mark turns round, he is bright red and really not feeling well at all, he just cant shake this bad chest so the best thing for him to do is rest. I am so gutted for him, and feel slghtly guilty that im not going back to nurse him, but he doesnt want that and i really want to do the trek. We say our goodbyes and I continue on with a Malaysian guy called Aaron and a South Korean girl who lives in California called Sue. We enter the national park, speak with the park ranger and start our accent. In the first 45 minutes its all uphill and i have to stop to catch my breath. This is going to be hard work but like ive said before you earn your rewards. After the first part the trek is pretty easy going and takes us through so many terrains and landscapes. I am carrying like a satchel bag and this is really not ideal, my back and shoulders are killing me. Aaron was really struggling too as his knee was playing up and sometimes with the rocky terrain its just as hard going up as it is down. There are lots of people on the trail, and along the way you give way to people that are coming in the opposite direction or people that are faster than you, which is most in my case. Lots of water is consumed on the trek and we make the mistake of filling our botte up from the river rather than the stream . The water is almost a milky colour and further along the trek we replace it with spring water. This tastes so good, its ice cold and so fresh. You also have the task of taking clothes off and quickly replacing them when you get to open areas , because although we are blessed with a beautiful sunny day in the open areas it is really windy. After 3 hours we arrive at the glacier and it is truly magnificent the lake is a beautiful turquoise blue and we walk down to the lake and take the obligutary selfies and hotos of each other as well as penguin. After a quick bite to eat and some cookies we make the journey back. Mark took the cigarettes with him and i am absolutely gaping for one as well as to see about Marks welfare. I joke that Mark will be in the bar having a beer , but when we return he is still in bed and we have been gone well over 6 hours. I wake him and finally persuade him to come and at least have a bowl of soup. we eat dinner with Sue and Aaron and we are all exhausted and the plan is to get up at 3 to trek to see the sunrise on Fitz Roy. Our whole dorm is tucked up by 9pm and to be honest im ready for it. Im hoping Mark will be better by tomorrow, as it seems a long way for him to have travelled to not see anythingRead more