Happy Mother's Day!!! From Ushuaia we traveled, yet again, by bus to El Calafate, a small town on the side of Lago Argentino. We had a couple of rest days walking around town then headed on a day tour to Glacier Perito Moreno. Glacier Perito Moreno is a very famous glacier as it is one of the only Patagonian glaciers still advancing. It is a large tourist attraction with accessible paths running throughout the forest front providing tourists with great views. The glacier is huge! It is 30 km long, about 60m high at the exposed end and it blankets a total area of 250 square km. Periodically loud thundering sounds begin to fill the area then all of a sudden a huge chunk smashes into the water and waves splash out towards the shore. Listening to the water slash around under the glacier was very interesting as it sounded hollow in parts. The video below is a tiny chunk of ice falling off the glacier that we were able to catch on film! After our day trip we jumped on a bus to El Chalten another town 3 hours North from El Calafate. The bus was super clean and comfy which we guessed was from the two posted signs; one said no eating or drinking on the bus and the other said please don't take off your shoes! At one point the bus pulled into a rest stop where the driver got out and went inside a cafe. We quietly opened up our leftovers and started shoveling them into our mouths. While stuffing my face I could feel someone watching me and thought oh great now I'm going to get in shit from the driver. When I turned my head around I was pleasantly surprised to see this guy sitting waiting patiently :) We were so impressed by him; when the driver was heading back to the bus the dog quickly jumped off and pretended no one was eating. Thanks pup!
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