The view from our cabana
If we said it was windy last night...it was an understatement. The cabana seemed to be in danger of taking us away to the Wizard of Oz.
The landlady was very assertive that we had to leave at ten, so we nearly did it. The weather was not good - raining - so we decided to head up the road to Lago del Desierto. On the way we passed a beautiful waterfall called Chorrillo del Salto. It is a 20 m waterfaall, framed by a moss green cliff and adorned by the skeletons of drowned lenga trees (according to the guide book. ) An old lady asked us to help with her zipper!!
We travelled towards Chile, and stopped at the disembarkation point for boats. The weather was furious and blowing a gale. As there was low visibility we gave up the idea of walking to a hanging glaciar and headed back.
At El Chalten, the ATM was out of money, but we managed to purchase a full tank of diesel.
The landlady was very assertive that we had to leave at ten, so we nearly did it. The weather was not good - raining - so we decided to head up the road to Lago del Desierto. On the way we passed a beautiful waterfall called Chorrillo del Salto. It is a 20 m waterfaall, framed by a moss green cliff and adorned by the skeletons of drowned lenga trees (according to the guide book. ) An old lady asked us to help with her zipper!!
We travelled towards Chile, and stopped at the disembarkation point for boats. The weather was furious and blowing a gale. As there was low visibility we gave up the idea of walking to a hanging glaciar and headed back.
At El Chalten, the ATM was out of money, but we managed to purchase a full tank of diesel.
We headed back to the RN-40 where we were assailed by suicidal armadillos. The Lago Argentina is unbelievably blue and beautiful.
Towards El Calafate, the wind increased even more. It took us ages to find somewhere to stay as all the Cabanas were deserted by their owners. We finally came to rest at the LindaVista ApartHotel which is just off the main street.
We ate in a modest restaurant - spinach & cheese empanadas and chips before retiring fom the wind and catching up on the blog.
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