Mount Fitzroy sits between Chile and Argentina at 3,375 meters high. It is dominant in the landscape, except we couldn't see it because it was cloudy. In fact it wasn't just cloudy on one particular day we had sun, rain and snow! Chalten is an indigenous name meaning smoking mountain because there is cloud on … Continue reading Argentina 9 – Chasing Mount Fitzroy
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Argentina 8 – Nothofagus
We stayed at Nothofagus guest house and it also had the feeling of a ski lodge. It was cosy and welcoming. Nothofagus is the name of the prevalent tree in this area. The tree was weirdly familiar to me but I just couldn't place it, then one one of our walks I remembered it is … Continue reading Argentina 8 – Nothofagus
Argentina 7 – Butch Cassidy
From the relative flat of Trelew and Peninsula Valdez we flew south and inland to what appeared to be a hilly and even more desolate version of what we had just left. It took an hour and a half to pick up our pre-booked hire car at the tiny airport outside El Calafate. Even then … Continue reading Argentina 7 – Butch Cassidy
The Travelling Bee 