Sunday, April 25, 2010
October 29th, 2008
I left for El Calafate and arrived in Rio Gallegos at 7 am October 30th. Rio Gallegos is the stopping point for everyone going further south to El Calafate, Ushuaia......The next bus to Calafate left mid day. Sooooo....I caught the bus to El Calafate at 12 and took a taxi to the wonderful hostel that I stayed at there. The floor were heated and absolutely wonderful. The hostel was very cozy and the staff was friendly. I decided to relax in El Calafate a little bit. I planned a mini-trek on the glacier moreno for sunday, November 2nd.
October 25th, 2008
We left for Puerto Madryn on another really long bus ride. Thankfully there are bathrooms and the buses like I said are quite luxurious in Argentina. We arrived in Puerto Madryn with reservations for one hostel and apparently we didn't actually have reservations there. We ran into a couple girls that we had met in BA. We went back to this other hostel and stayed there. This hostel only had one bathroom for women AND......one shower....AND....the bathroom and shower were in the same area so you couldn't even pee while someone was in the shower, yucko!! But we had a nice time nonetheless. I don't remember what we did on the Sunday. On the 27th, we went on a whale watching tour. It lasted the entire day....was a lot of fun, but a really long day. The next day 28th, we went on a tour where we got to see Penguins in the national park and we also went to a Welsh village. It was all a lot of fun. Sadly my traveling time with Sue came to an end and she returned back to BA that evening when we finished our full day tour. I'm not good at saying good-bye. I really love having someone to travel with and hate when I'm left :(! But so glad that Sue came to travel with me a bit.
Iguazu to Buenos Aires
Sue and I left Iguazu on October 23rd after going to see La garganta del diablo at Iguazu falls. Another looooooong bus ride back to the capital. We made it back on an overnight bus....The buses in Argentina are quite luxurious. On the bus ride to Iguazu we were on a "super-cama" bus, the bus seats pretty much lay completely down, they serve you steak, wine, champagne, etc. Nice. Our bus ride back was a cama bus. Almost as good as super-cama, a little cheaper and we may not have gotten champagne. We made it back to BA the afternoon of October 24th and decided to stay at Tango Backpackers Hostel in Palermo. Vania y Caro were staying there and we decided to stay there with them. It was a quick turn around as we left the next day for Puerto Madryn in Patagonia, beautiful!!!
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