Today is one of our last days in Patagonia - on Monday off to warmer parts of Argentina :-) When planning the trip, seeing the Perito Moreno glacier around El Calafate was top of my list. So leaving the best for last, at least so I thought, El Calafate was the last stop of our 3-week Patagonian adventure. Maybe the expectations were too high, weather too varied, or too many tourists around, but it just has not blown my mind. The glacier is born to be a star - all bright blue with jagged ice blocks; easy to see up close from the opposite hill; advancing so fast (up to two meters per day!) that big chunks of ice keep on falling off causing noisy bangs and huge waves - it is difficult not to be enchanted by its beauty and size. But for me it looked almost ordinary and predictable, just because it is so perfect. Even when Western winds blew rain into my face, the glacier was lit by the morning sun as it should be in a 'studio' so I could take a perfect photo. Perito Moreno glacier is a stunning beauty, but I prefer El Chalten's rough mountain beasts...
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