El Chalten - Argentina

A 4 hour bus ride then took us to a walkers / campers paradise. Our briefing from the Ranger when we arrived (and the fact that we did not have to pay to enter this National Park), and the well signed tracks, impressed us a lot. We did a 7 hour day walk, up 750 metres to Laguna de los Tres to view Cerro Fitz Roy up closer. The last hour there was totally straight up!! This view was the photo postcard that Ian and I sent family for Christmas. We also did a 5 hour day walk up 250 metres, to Cerro / Lago Torre. There were loads more people on this track, and many camping out for a number of days. Ian and I are very intrigued by how much gear some campers carry!! We hope that we will be smarter on the occasions that we rent gear to camp. From here we had a long journey to reach Ushuaia, which some may say was a nightmare. For instance, 4 hrs back to El Calafate, a 4 hr wait for a 3am bus to Rio Gallegos on the coast, then an hours wait for an 8.30am bus to Rio Grande and then across borders (4 stops for exit and entry stamps in our passport - why on earth does Argentina not have an agreement with Chile not to worry about the 4 hour drive into their country??) to our destination at 8.30pm!