I was quite tired after our long hike yesterday, so glad we would be only doing a short ride today.
However JC had other ideas. After we stopped on the way out of Chalten, to take some truly fantastic videos and photos of the group and individuals, with the mountains completely clear behind us, we rode quickly to Calafate. It is a very touristy town of about 5000 people all of whom seem to be visitors! There are even some signs in English although almost no one speaks good english here.
JC's idea was to continue in the good weather to the National Park and onto the boat that took us to the front of the glacier on the edge of the lake. Yes, it was very pretty but nothing compared to the one that Sheryle and I saw in Greenland.
This one was calving in the heat, and the 70m cliffs were crashing down. More impressive was a huge berg in front of the restaurant, suddenly lost its top and rolled over making quite large waves. Overall the National Park was impressive, but the winding road into it was rather more to my liking!
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