Exploring El Chalten

We were comfortable in our pod and we both slept well.  I woke up because of rain on the roof and was doubly grateful for the pod!

Breakfast was at 8am this morning.  Nikki made French toast for everyone.  It was raining, so everything was a bit soggy!  It did brighten up so that we could make sandwiches for our packed lunches, though.  We were glad of any food available as the restaurants, bars, shops, and cafes here in El Chalten are notoriously expensive.

El Chalten is in Los Glaciares National Park.  The main attraction here is to explore the trails surrounding the iconic peaks of Mt Fitzroy and Cerro Torre.  We were not sufficiently motivated to go trekking.  I would rather spend the majority of our time here catching up on my online stuff.

We ventured into town this morning to drop off some laundry and to have a look around.  It's full of expensive boutiques and designer shops.  There's little to interest us.

Back on site, I settled in the refugio to do some work and Mark worked on fixing our tent.  It took him a good few hours, but he managed to repair it!  Fingers crossed it holds up for the rest of the trip.

I spent all day on my notes, photos, and posts.  By the end of the afternoon, I had almost caught up - on Penguins entries at least!

For some unknown reason, dinner wasn't until 8pm!  Mark was called on to police the gas bottle situation and change it over only when the original was absolutely empty.  I went to pick up the washing while he was doing this!  Dinner was chicken curry and rice.  There were vegetables in it and, unfortunately, all I could taste was cauliflower!

It was blowing a gale and absolutely freezing, so we returned to our pod straight after dinner.  This is summer!!  Goodness knows how cold it gets in winter!  Apparently, everything just shuts down from April to October!Read more