Eva and Les

Ain´t it a bitch when you press "Publish" and you lose your hour´s worth of typing? Oh well, we go straight to the second edition folks! I really was not sure what to expect about Igazu Falls, I mean I knew there were falls there, and that you could see them from Argentina and also from Brazil, but beyond that I was not sure.We arrived at the airport and were very pleased to see Dani, our guide from Adventure World, waiting with our names. We are realising that tour companies in Australia just sub-contract to people or companies over here - not necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn´t make it cheaper or give more money to the locals.Anyhow, Dani was great as she shepherded us through the Arg. and Brazillian borders and the National Park entrance. Its really a big place (supposedly 300,000 people, but that may be a translation error) and goes back over 70 years on the Brazil side. It was so good not having to queue up and find out what to do.I really wanted ...

I´ve added some photos below for W-Trek, Perito Moreno and Fitz Roy, so scroll down if you haven´t seen them yet. Buenos Aires is an interesting city. It took us a few days to warm up to it and to orient ourselves and feel just a little bit at home. We started to look around on a Sunday, which gave us a very different view. The streets are dirty with papers and dog poo, and because it was Sunday, not too much was open. When it came to Monday, and the rest of our time, the city took on much more character as there were shops open, people walking about and, well, character. We walked or caught taxis everywhere as they were easy to get and quite cheap - usually about $AUS5 a trip. On Sunday we went to the San Telmo markets which stretch over several blocks and consist of jewelry, knick-knacks, paintings, clothes and much more, as well as buskers playing music or dancing tango. It was somewhat remeniscent of Mont Matre in Paris, but MUCH bigger and...

El Chalten, the town. We both really loved El Chalten. It is a small town, built in 1985 and now has 700 inhabitants, mostly (all?) geared to tourism, but some is serious climbing as well as the kind of trekking we were doing. In many ways it seems like a "frontier town" with many small square buildings, many only partially built out of brick blocks (mainly). There are many restaurants and hotels and they are really interesting designs, using lots of wood and different angles and furnishings. Quite a lot of character. Just across the road from Los Nires (our hotel) is an old small wooden building with half on stilts like a queenslander, and it is a chocolate place that makes the most fantastic, rich but not over-sweet hot chocolate. Inside is old climbing gear and a staircase with a ski as a railing takes you to the small upstairs room where you sit in the sun with views of snow capped mountains to drink the brown hot warming comfort! YES!! ...