Category Archives: 2009:Patagonia

Back to Buenos Aires

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I made it back to Buenos Aires for two more days in town.

I continued my explorations, basically visiting those places I had not seen when I stayed there before – including La Boca and Puerto Madero.

Rafting …

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After two days of winery tours I had enough of wine and went for another day of outdoor fun – Rafting it had to be this time. Three others from my hostel and myself signed up for a full day rafting trip and therefore had – as the only ones doing the full day tour – a boat for ourselves.

We were on the water for around two hours before we had a lunch stop at an abandoned train station in the middle of nowhere (it felt a bit like  in a horror movie…).
After lunch we had a further two hours on the boat back to the starting point … photos were taken on the way …

Around Mendoza – Hiking in the Andes

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I was finally on myself … flying over to Mendoza, Argentina’s wine capital and also a good hub for any kind of outdoor activity.

I spent my first full day in Mendoza with a hike up to Cerro Arenales. It was enjoyable hike, however not in the most favorable weather conditions. We started off in light rain, which turned to hail and finally snow during the ascend; of course there was also no view … as we were basically within the cloud.

Tigre & the Delta

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The tour to Patagonia was over; we made our way back to Buenos Aires – and to make it short, I was overwhelmed by the big city – traffic, noise, fumes etc. – so I decided to take a train up to Tigre – the gateway to the Rio de la Plata delta. In Tigre I had a look around town to then take a two hours boat tour to get a view of the delta with its little islands … so in total an enjoyable and relaxing day.

Ushuaia – the southernmost City in the World

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Another short flight got us down to Ushuaia – the southernmost city of the world (it is only small settlements and research stations further south). We only had around 1.5 days down here, so activities were somewhat limited, also as the weather was not the best … below some impressions.

Viedma Glacier – An Introduction to Ice Climbing

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The second day in El Chalten was a free day; James and myself ended up doing the ice climbing and ice hiking option. In the morning we boarded yet another boat to get closer to another glacier – the Viedma glacier.

We left the boat at the middle moraine to get the climbing gear and short introduction – to finally walk over to the cliff and do our first climbs.

After a few climbs, the arms got tired and we headed back to the equipment tent for lunch. After lunch we put the crampons on again to get back to the glacier – this time for ice hiking.