Monthly Archives: March 2011

12th March: Patagonia (El Calafate to Laguna Verde in Chile)

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

The battery in our hired 4wd showed signs of weakness the day before and in the morning the engine didn’t turn over. The car wasn’t new and it appeared to be the original battery. We got the hire company to … Continue reading →

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11th March: Patagonia (Perito Merino Glacier)

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

We got up at dawn for photographs of the Perito Merino Glacier (our main reason for staying at Los Notros). Google Maps reference (green arrow). Later that morning we crossed the lake in a boat, then walked on the glacier … Continue reading →

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10th March: Patagonia (Lago Argentina )

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

Today we embarked on a full-day boat cruise of the huge glacial lake Lago Argentina. We saw several of its arms, several glaciers and some interesting rock formations, mountains and shoreline forest. Google maps location (green arrow). We left from … Continue reading →

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9th March: Patagonia (El Chalten to El Calafate)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Still raining. We got up at dawn but there was not much to photograph because of the early rain. After a while we drove to El Calafate. We dropped in on a very rustic café on the way where a … Continue reading →

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8th March – El Chalten

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

We got up before dawn to do a long walk including what we expected to be a magical dawn landscape. Unfortunately, the track we selected turned out not to exist (though it may have 10 years ago, as indicated on … Continue reading →

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7th March: Patagonia (El Chalten/ Laguna Huemul)

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Some lovely dawn skies. Missed the best of them, caught by surprise while changing location. Saw lots of condors and cara cara but no photos worth showing. So far on the journey have also seen guanaco, rheas and a skunk. … Continue reading →

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6th March: Patagonia (Helsingfors to El Chalten)

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Up at 6am before dawn. Another horse trip in the morning, this time to the neighbouring Estancia los Hermanos. Unlike Helsingfors which is now essentially a tourist hotel, this is a working estancia with no pretensions or tourist functions. To … Continue reading →

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5th March – Patagonia (Helsingfors/ Lago Azul)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Up again at 6am to take photos at dawn from the boatshed. Today Martiniano overcome our misgivings and persuaded us to travel to Lake Azul on horseback rather than on foot. Just as well he did. We would never have … Continue reading →

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4th March: Patagonia (Helsingfors)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

We got up at 6am before dawn and discovered the wind was very strong. However, I discovered that the large shed by the lake had missing window panes and in some places the floor was concrete making it an ideal … Continue reading →

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3rd March: Patagonia (Lago Viedma)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Today we got up at 4.30AM for a flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate, in southern Patagonia in Argentina. We picked up a rental car at the airport and headed off towards Estancia Helsingfors, at the far end of … Continue reading →

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