El Calafate and Perito Moreno

After the grueling 27 hr bus ride we finally make it to Calafate. From the looks of it its a one horse town. A few houses scattered along the hillside a lake that is such a crazy shade of blue green it looks surreal and stunning mountains as a backdrop. The bus rolls down the hill into the town centro and its actually a little bigger than it looks, Ok maybe a 2 horse town. We get off the bus and make our way to our hostel, its a nice little place on the hill and has a great view of the lake. We get settled in and make plans for the ¨Big Ice¨ tour the next day. We fig we need lunch and dinner so we head to the store to some merch. We have Steak and Veggies on the grill and then crash out early. 27 hrs on a bus acct takes alot out of you. The bus arrives at 7 am and brings us to Perito Moreno National Park. We take a small walk out to observe the glacier. The glacier is massive and the shades of blue and white are like nothing I´ve ever seen. The glacier protrudes down the mountain and all the way into the lake. Every once in awhile you hear a ´crack and a rumble that sounds like thunder. It´s quite eerie. The walk takes you along to diff vantage points and I am watching this 1 piece that looks like a slice of bread hanging off a loaf. I think how it would be cool to see it fall in, and not 1 min later there is a loud crack and down goes the slice of ice. Its roughly 10 stories high and hits the water with tremendous force. The wave that results is powerful and rushes down the glaciers edge sounding like loud tearing paper. We then get on a boat and cruise over to start the glacier hike. We get our equipment consisting of gloves a safety harness, in case you fall into a crevasse and our crampons which are spikes that go over your shoes to grip the ice. The wind id ripping and it starts to snow!! Oh great 4 hrs walking on one of the worlds biggest ice cubes and its snowing. Once we get walking we warm up and we see our first crevice. It is filled with crystal clear water and has the coolest shade of electric blue. We walk around for 3 hrs checking out diff ice formations, rivers, waterfalls under the ice and spikes in the ice that look like Superman's fortress of solitude. Quite an amazing site. We have lunch on the ice and then head back to the boat. The tour ended with a scotch on the rocks which was acct a piece of the glacier. I had 3!!