okay, I'm hopelessly behind any consistent blogging so here come some jumbles

this is where I got sick, going to the Penguins and freezing my ass off

but look at the penguins - aren´t they worth it! hi-larious! the three musketeers and all that..



the glaciers are awesomely overwhelmingly blue. I didn´t know that and was happy as a toddler who has just discovered the color..



this is the best not-faked fake picture ever


El Calafate: offered an inordinate amount of Germans. We do seem to like hiking, and little neat expensive towns. And where Germans meet, they immediately and happily start complaining. This can feel very homey and reassuring, but leaves a bad aftertaste...
El Chalten:

El Chalten: a town that closes down for the non-holiday period entirely. When I left this "trekking capital of the world", it was pouring down. A little later, there was the most beautiful stretch of liquid golden clouds separating the vast grey dome of the sky from a stripe of babyblue sky over another thin strip of mountains and vast yellow plains. (and no, it doesn't come out that good on pictures, especially through a dirty bus window).