The recent shortage of posts has nothing to do with a shortage of interesting activities. In fact it has more to do with the concentration of fun stuff leaving little time for blogging.
Right now I am in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost city on the planet. It´s on the Beagle Channel and there are several islands between here and Cape Horn but it is seriously far South. From the map in the hostel it looks to be something like the latitude of Maquarie Island. Can someone confirm that, using Google Earth maybe?
The recen history is, very briefly:
In El Calafate I went on tours three days running;
1. A boat trip on Lago Argentina to see Upsala and various other glaciers and the beautiful icebergs that have formed from the pieces that fall off. It had not occurred to me previously that there were freshwater icebergs.
2. A bus trip to the Perito Moreno Glacier, which sprint along at 2 metres per day and calves off chunks of ice almost to order. The trip was not spoiled by spending the previous day admiring glaciers. Also, I think I got some good photos of the sparrows and sierra-finches that compete for the crumbs from tourists´sandwiches.
3. A marathon bus trip (6am to 10pm) to Torres del Paine in Chile. This park is the place to go in Chile and for me did not live up to the hype. However, the recommendation is to trek through for at least 5 days and that would be more special.
And the timer on this computer is about to shut me off ...
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