the time came to say goodbye to ushuia. but i consoled myself with thinking that since ushuaia is the gateway to antartica, who knows when i may see the city again.
so, after months of traveling south, it was time for a novel change in motion: head north. as tempting as another full day traveling on a bus was, i decided to take advantage of argentina's cheap flights and flew up to el calafate. el calafate doesn't have much to recommend itself persay, but is the home of glaciar perito monero, argentina's most famous glacier. it's become quite the tourist draw, but still is just something you have to see. It’s one of the world’s last advancing glaciers. And its huge. 60 meters high with huge chunks of ice breaking off at random and booming and echoing as they fall into the lake below. After taking lots of photos from the many vantage points, I decided i had better take a look at the thing from a boat. you know, just to make sure it really was impressive. There I made friends with lots of elementary school children. I was warry at first at sharing a boat with the school trip, but once they offered me candy, I realized they were okay after all. after the boat ride it was time to look at the glacier again from land. and yep: still big, still impressive.
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