My Gaff.
For the seven weeks I was in Buenos Aires.
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Street Demonstration - 17 March.
These "Manifestations" are regular occurences and this one stopped...
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Avenida 9 De Julio - 18 March
16 Lanes of mayhem and the locals call it the widest road in the world.
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Palacio Del Congreso - 18 March
A very impresive building.
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Analia - Gran Maestra
The best teacher I've had in South America and I've had a few!...
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Analia - Gran Maestra 23 March
A genuine smile as I'd just told her this would be my final week!
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Manifestacion - 24 March
Another day, another demo. This one in Plaza de Mayo.
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Manifestacion 24 March
And the subsequent closing of the road up to the famous Obelisco.
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Manifestacion 24 March
Same demo, this time blocking off Av. 9 de Julio.
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Easter Sunday Dinner Party
At casa de Matt. With Matts girlfriend, Lorena to his left, her friend...
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Easter Sunday Dinner Party
And that's me on the right!
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Chilean Andes - 30 March
The following few photo's were all taken on the flight from B.A. to...
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Chilean Andes - 30 March
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Chilean Andes - 30 March
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Chilean Andes - 30 March
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Chilean Andes - 30 March
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Chilean Andes - 30 March
And you can just make out the glacier in the background.
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Hospedaje Alejandra - 01 April
Where I stayed in El Calafate, having to walk through the owners...
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Mountain scenery - 01 April
Scenery on route to Glacier Perito Moreno.
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Glacier Perito Moreno 01 April
A stunning view even from this distance.
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Glacier Perito Moreno 01 April
Yeah, if you could all just move a bit to the left - Bloody Tourists!
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Glacier Perito Moreno 01 April
They didn't budge so I just zoomed in a bit. Actually one of my fave pics.
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Glacier Perito Moreno 01 April
Took the obvious decision to go on a 1 hour boat ride on the lake to get a...
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Chillin on deck.
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Even though this is about as close as you could get it still...
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Headin back.
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Glacier Perito Moreno
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Glacier Perito Moreno
And if you look closely you can see I captured the moon in the top right as...
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An Owl taking in the sights
Amazing that a bird let me get this close!!
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Just to proove I didn't make the name up!
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Awesome and I got the moon again!
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Glacier Perito Moreno
To try and give you an idea of scale you can see the boat that I had been on...
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Glacier Perito Moreno - Action Shot
It's incredible to see and hear when part of the iceberg breaks off and...
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Glacier Perito Moreno
My farewell shot and you can see one of the many viewpoints where I happily...
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Glacier Perito Moreno
Well a tiny part of it that had broken off and drifted way down the lake.
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El Calafate at dawn - 02 April
Taken from the moving bus heading up to El Chalten.
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Fitz Roy - 02 April
First view of the Fitz Roy mountain range.
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Fitz Roy - 02 April
Closer view of the Fitz Roy mountain range. Awesome.
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An Armadillo - 02 April
Had just set off on my first trek when this little chap came scurrying past.
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Rio something or other - 03 April
Just left El Chalten on my first full day trek and couldn't resist taking...
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Fitz Roy - 04 April
Very nearly at the top of the trek and thankfully passed another...
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Lago de los Tres - 03 April
So after 3 hours of trekking was rewarded with this fine view of the lake,...
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Lago de los Tres - 03 April
Awesome!
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Lago de los Tres - 03 April
Awesome - closer up.
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Lago de los Tres - 03 April
I stayed up there for an hour and this was as close as it got to...
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The Red Forest - 03 April
Took this on the way back but it doesn't really do justice to the...
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El Chalten - 04 April
That basicallt is El Chalten, a tiny, very niew, tranquile town.
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El Chalten - 04 April
Taken at the early stage of my 2nd full day trek. Unfortunatell a cloudy and...
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El Chalten - 04 April
That is El Chalten down there in the valley taken from 3 hours away...
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Fitz Roy - 04 April
Again taken from the peak of the trek where it was extremely windy so...
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Lago something or other - 05 April
The only phtot I took of my 3rd full day trek.
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Hospedaje La Base y Fitz Roy
Taken by Sinead on my last day in El Chalten, 05 April.
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
Did a day trip into Chile to take in th esights and the wind and rain...
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
That would be Guanacu feeding/mooning in the foreground!
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
Not to sure what's happened to this pic but you get the idea, it's a...
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
Another rainbow and no sign of George either!
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
Is that Bungle?!
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
Bearing in mind that's a lake it should give you an idea of the...
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
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Torres Del Paine - 08 April
The Gang!
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Mis Amigas de Alemagne - 09 April
My two friends from El Calafate, Thekla and Nadine, who are probably still...
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Bariloche - 10 April
Not actually taken from one of my treks but from the aeroplane as we...
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Bariloche Sunrise - 27 Apr
Fortunately sunrise is about 8:30 so not too early!
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Bariloche Sunrise - 27 Apr
WOW!
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