El Cafate

Sorry for the delay in writing...we barely have enough time to sleep, let alone blog....
We have left the end of the world and arrived in Calafate where we just came back from a 7+ hour boat ride seeing impressive, massive, glorious (indescribable) glaciers and ice bergs. I would upload photos but we forgot our camera cable in Buenos Aires and even if I did upload the pictures, there are no pictures or words to describe the experience... imagine being in a boat below a MASSIVE river of ice, the color of bright blue, that is a football field high. Even though the boat is filled with 100+ people, no one is speaking. The only noice is the load, thunder like sound that is coming from the ice (it´s the noice of the ice moving). At Perito Moreno, the most famous of the glaciers in the Patagonia, a huge chunk of ice came crashing down. It looked like a monster was coming from underneath the water with a huge roar. It was spectacular (also very said because the Perito Moreno used to be growing, but is now retreating due to global warming)!!

Some other things we have been up to in the south of Argentina...
1. Glacier trekking - In the last blog, I had stated that we were off to go mountain climbing. We actually climbed a mountain and part glacier (Glacier Martial). In two days we´ll be climbing the Perito Moreno glacier as well.
2. Horseback riding overlooking the Lago Argentino (largest lake in Argentina)- On this trip, we had a real gaucho guiding us and his hunting dogs came with too. The dogs actually caught a wild hare that the guide was planning to cook for dinner! Poor hare, I had to look at the poor dead rabbit hanging for the guide´s horse the whole ride home!
3. Eating meat - Yes, I´m eating meat! I actually ordered a whole entree of meat the other night (a cut called ternero, which is a really thin cut of the cow). I have also been eating pieces of whatever meat Damian orders (except morcilla which is blood sausage - No Thank You!)

While sitting here, I fill like I´m still rocking on the boat.
Tomorrow morning we´re up early for a full day of hiking the marvelous Fitz Roy mountain.
Muchos abrazos y besos a todos!