El Calafate
Thursday 19th March 2015
Lelia kindly helps me highlight the routes we have followed on my maps to help with the blog and then it’s off to take some great sunrise photos from the hotel.
Gail and I decide to walk up the hill to check out the shops at the Glaciarium Museum but really nothing of much interest on offer.
We catch the shuttle into town with the same driver as the previous day. Much happier today but I don’ t have the Spanish to ask him politely what had happened during the night to bring about this dramatic mood change!
Another snack at the local bakery in town and in contrast to the previous day the coffee does show a passing resemblance to a liquid produced from those little brown beans rather than the slops from the kitchen sink.
Set out in search of some likely looking shops sighted when we first arrived in El Calafate. Can’t find any trace of them. Mystery solved when we realise all too late that we have walked in completely the wrong direction from the bus station away from some very impressive stores.
Head off back to the hotel as it becomes clear that Gail is far more interested in walking along the shores of Lago Argentina than spending money in the shops. The question is ” how can I get Gail to maintain this philosophy when we return home?”
Time to leave the remarkable Patagonia and so it’s off to the airport and Buenos Aires.
Good flight of 2 hours 40 minutes with Aerolineas Argentinas at the end of which passengers applaud wildly on landing. A plane full of Americans or a reflection of the airline’s status alongside Aeroflot?
Trip to BA made very pleasant by chatting to an elderly guy( about my age) who is now retired and has a Phd in Chemistry.
Glimpse of the famous River Plate Stadium as we travel by taxi into the centre of this huge metropolis with its 15 million population.
The Lennox Hotel is in an excellent location and very well appointed.
Good snack and drink before turning in at 11.30.
That’s the end of the Aurora Adventure and now it’s freestyle travel with no-one to blame but ourselves if things go wrong.
Cheers
The Obese Ferret