Leaving Argentina The day started well. As you know, Dennis’s favourite sports are rugby, football and cricket. Mine is tennis. This morning my favourite player, Novak Djokovic, was playing Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Novak won in four sets, so this was a good start to…
I think Dennis probably used up all the superlatives about the city yesterday. Suffice to say it is by far the most impressive capital city we have visited in South America, so far. So many varied districts, some areas with wide boulevards and magnificent municipal buildings, huge green parks and…
Municipal Park. When we arrived yesterday afternoon the park was deserted. It is a huge park with a lake, swimming pools and many areas with seating and food trucks. We had to check-in with the park attendant. He was a rather officious gentleman. After parking in the cool under some…
Another hot day and sadly, not a lot to report, as it was another uninteresting drive. From Rio Colorado to the city of Bahia Blanca the countryside is as flat as a pancake with nothing but scrubby vegetation. The road is almost dead straight. Dennis did cheer once when we…
Parakeets I think the large nests in the trees are actually where the parakeets come to roost at night. After the cacophany last night had died down, we never heard another peep from them all night. They didn’t wake until after 8 am this morning and instead of the raucous…
Apologies for the delayed blog. We were distracted last night, so no blog was written. Very pleasantly distracted. We met friends, Lilian and Rob. Originally we had met Lilian and Rob in September 23 at Cool Runnings Campsite beside Lake Malawi, during our Africa trip. We have kept in touch,…
Another late start. We didn’t leave the campsite until midday. A very different day’s drive. Scenically we are in the mountains again, among thick pine forests. Now it is pretty much mid-summer so there is only snow on the highest peaks. It is a very different road to the flat,…
In Perito Moreno Today was a slow day. It wasn’t intentional, it just turned out that way. We were reluctant to get up, so by the time we had had breakfast, showered, packed up and Dennis had replenished our water supply, it was 11.20. We had quite a long drive,…
Leaving El Chalten As Dennis mentioned in yesterday’s blog, we had decided to go to the view point to photograph Mount Fitz Roy this morning, as last night the sun had been completely in the wrong position. Sadly when we arrived there, the view was rather disappointing. In the winter,…
El Calafate We were lucky. The day dawned warm and sunny. Perfect weather for viewing the glacier. First we drove into town to see if we could find a tyre pressure gauge at Ferreteria Yamat. No luck there, though. Next we needed fuel. The gas station in the centre of…