Hi,Blogging duties are now being taken up by Janet and Andrew, to cover the extension to El Calafate. First and foremost, there are NO penguins in El Calafate ..I had asked them to bring back some nice penguin photos .. so we have a photo instead of some cousin penguins from South Africa !!!
The flight to El Calafate followed the Andes southwards with some spectacular views. El Calafate is situated on the Lago Argentino (Lake Argentina) and surrounded by harsh rolling steppe and of course the Calafate bush which gives the city it's name. Local legend says that visitors who eat the jam from the Calafate bush will return (El que come el calafate volvera).
El Calafate has expanded hugely in the past 10 years due to visitors coming to view the magnificent Perito Moreno Glacier. However, the afternoon was not spent viewing glaciers or eating jam, but sampling and confirming the quality of the local ice cream !!
No comments:
Post a Comment