{"id":6246,"date":"2016-10-26T20:58:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T20:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=6246"},"modified":"2019-07-25T19:42:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T19:42:19","slug":"walking-on-a-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2016\/10\/26\/walking-on-a-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking on a glacier!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My computer charger has decided it does not want to work anymore. The struggle is real.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, this past weekend was probably the coolest one ever. I flew to Patagonia on Friday morning (3 am :S) and spent 2 days in El Calafate.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Patagonia is absolutely beautiful! I have never seen a landscape like that in my life. Coming from a caribbean island, I never thought I would make it that far south. It was amazing seeing the snow covered mountains and most of all seeing a glaciar!! Thanks Rollins and ISA for making this happen! :))<\/p>\n

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On the Saturday I went mini-trekking in Parque Nacional de Los Glasiares which was about an hour from the main area in El Calafate. The glaciar t\"\"<\/a>
\nhat we went on is called Perito Moreno. It’s the fourth largest glaciar in the world.<\/p>\n

We took a boat towards the glaciar and seeing it getting bigger and bigger as we got closer was incredible. It’s one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. The blue and white of the glaciar, the floating pieces of ice in the lake. It was breathtaking.<\/p>\n

It was not that hard of a hike\u00a0up to the refuge to put our stuff before the glaciar, but there were a lot of steps. I didn’t really realise how out of shape I was until that moment. I was fine though, just a bit out of breath when we reached the top! We then put cramp-ons on our shoes so that we wouldn’t slip on the ice.<\/p>\n

After that, our journey onto the glaciar began. We practiced walking around a little bit and then we had a bit of an uphi\"\"<\/a>ll journey. I can honestly say this was one of the coolest things I have ever done. I drank nat\"\"<\/a>glaciar water straight from the source! It tasted incredible. I can now say I have walked on a glaciar in Argentina! I think thats pretty cool.<\/p>\n

After the trekking we went back down to the refuge for lunch. What a view!! The huge glaciar and trees surrounding it was the best lunch view I could ask for. After lunch mate was eural \"\"<\/a>njoyed thoroughly and we boarded the boat to take a bus to the Pasarela, the best view of the glaciar from above.<\/p>\n

MORE STAIRS. But it was all worth it when we got to the balcony nearest to the glaciar. I saw lots of the ice from the glaciar fall and it was so cool!! I got a good video of one of them. I really enjoyed the glaciar and it was not as cold as I thought it would be. I’m pretty happy about that.<\/p>\n

El Calafate was one of the most fun weekends in Argentina. I think its at the same level as Iguaz\u00fa. You really can’t compare the 2 because they are so different and beautiful in their own way. They are both natural wonders that are so overwhelmingly beautiful. I definitely need to go back to both!! I do wish I was there for at least another day so I could have gone to El Chalten to do some more hiking and see some snow covered mountains up close. Definitely need to go to Ushuaia which is probably the nearest I will ever get to the South Pole. It’s on my bucket list!<\/p>\n

With all that said, I am getting really sad that I only have about 2 weeks left here. I wish I could spend more time travelling Argentina and getting to know Buenos Aires. But I know I will be back someday and I can say that I have been here before and know my way around a little bit. In the meantime I’m going to enjoy my last weeks here!! This weekend there are Halloween Parties and I’m excited to dress up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Till Next time,<\/p>\n

Anneliese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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