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Day 28 – El Calafate to Puerto Natales

Friday 15th February, 2008 4 Comments

Up early to finish packing, have a quick breakfast and then wait for our Remise (taxi) to the bus station. The bus left just after 8:30am and we both had a snooze as we drove across the barren plains of the Pampas. I woke up as we turned off earlier than I expected and turned … [Read More »]

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Back to Puerto Natalas

Friday 15th February, 2008 2 Comments

We’re heading back to Puerto Natales on the bus tomorrow morning (Friday) – we decided not to go via Rio Gallegos. Here’s a couple of photos from today’s trip to The Glaciers National Park: … will post more when I get caught up with the blogging.

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Day 27 – El Calafate and Parque Nacional Los Glaciers

Thursday 14th February, 2008 4 Comments

A very early start again this morning – the bus was scheduled to pick us up at 7:30am, but it turned up just after 7am! Good thing we had finished showering, we were just finishing our packing and were about to head down to breakfast, but we had to skip that and race to get … [Read More »]

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Day 26 – El Calafate and Glacier Perito Moreno Ice Trecking

Wednesday 13th February, 2008 10 Comments

Surprisingly late start today – the tour company was not picking us up until 9am – indeed it was nearly 9:30 before they arrived. We were picked up in a minivan and driven to the far side of town, where we got on to a large coach for the trip to Peninsula Magallanes to view … [Read More »]

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El Calafate

Wednesday 13th February, 2008 1 Comment

Just letting you know we’re still in El Calafate – the internet link here is very very slow, so I’m a bit behind with the blogging. Hopefully when we get to Punta Arenas on Saturday we will have a bit of a faster link – but no guarantees there!

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