• 17 South to El Calafate

    23. november 2023, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    Not a bad night despite the stiffness and cramps in legs after the hike!
    Bus drive for the morning and a last photo of the big one Fitz Roy!
    We skirt the large lakes of Viedma and Argentino.
    On the trip we pass by one of the supposed places Butch Cassidy stopped , hotel de campo la leona.
    A thanksgiving chat with Alan is uplifting.
    A thanksgiving chat follows with another which highlights the alternative view of the event .
    It’s lunch in the city after a detour to see the harbour front :NOT
    Packing for the W walk precedes the Glacier boat ride tomorrow !
    We regroup over a snack and beer as town is touristy !
    Atlas Obscura to the rescue :
    Just outside town sits the Glaciarium, a modern glacier interpretation center that’s also home to the world’s only bar made entirely of glacial ice.! It’s a museum of ice and glaciers and then two free drinks - vodka , whisky local hooch . It saves the day

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