Patagonia

The drive from Bariloche to El Calafate was long and cold, but 2 days into the journey it was difficult to concentrate on anything but the awesome landscape. The magnificience of an untouched earth and a sky so jealous that it responds with it's own magical displays of colour and contrast.

The cold has been somewhat of a challenge though, especially with no heating on the truck. It's like a fridge in the morning with ice on the inside of the windows. At night the temperatures have been dropping below -5C and along with the rivers and lakes, all our liquid supplies have been freezing. It's quite fortunate that 7 of the group have left early for Buenos Aires to avoid the cold. We now have access to all their sleeping gear and on our second night Jackie used 3 sleeping bags and an Alpaca blanket.