El Calafate: 20 - 21 Feb

I am now in the tourist mecca/toy town of El Calafate at the edge of the Patagonian steppe.  This pretty town´s sole reason for existence is to extract money from tourists on their way to view the magnificent Glaciar Perito Moreno.

 

From here I´m off to El Chalten to hike around Cerro Torre and Mnt. Fitzroy for two/three days.  Still need to decide whether to do a easy three day backpack trip with another Pom, or whether to take it easy and do the day walks while staying in a dry hostel.

 

And then it´s probably up to Bariloche / El Bolson on a 32 hour bus trip!