Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Everything comes to an end...

... and now, after more than 7 months in South America I am back home. My last months were hectic and the internet in Patagonia was slow and expensive. But here is a quick summary of my last 1,5 after I left Valparaiso.

Pucon
Here I climbed Volcano Villarica, went rafting and met Josh from Canada who I ended up trekking with the next three weeks.
















Bariloche
Back in Argentina. A two day trek around Pampa Linda.













El Bolson
At the little hippie town El Bolson we ate a lot and had a day out climbing.







El Chalten
32 hrs by bus from El Bolson you find El Chalten. Tiny town that is home to the amazing Fitz Roy, one of the most technical climbs in the world. Josh and I had a great day trekking before having about 1 kilo of dinner each.









El Calafate
THE tourist attraction in Calafate is the Perito Moreno Glacier. Pretty nice with a lot of ice :-)


















Torres Del Pine
Back in Chile. Pretty much 120-something kms in 4 days, numerous blisters and a lot of glaciars, lakes, rivers, mountains etc.












Cordoba
Luckily we found some cheap flights to Buenos Aires from El Calafate so we didn't have to spend more than 40 hrs on bus to get out of Patagonia. Anyway in BA I said bye to Josh and went to Cordoba. Here I did a lot of relaxing, met some really cool people and finally, skydiving. Here I also laid of the steaks after somebody asked if I was pregnant, when I was just a bit bloated after to much all you can eat asado in BA....






Foz de Iguazu
On the brazilian side of the waterfalls I met Sandy, a friend from back home. We had a day on the brazilian side and one on the Argentinean side and saw a lot of water...













Then followed a week of shopping (a lot), eating (steaks, a lot of it) and a soccer game (Argentina vs Venezuela) in Buenos Aires, before going home. So here I am wondering what to do next......