... today I think I fell in love ... mmm ... actually I am pretty sure I fell in love ... and I fell in love ... not with one of the stunning Argentian girls I see everyday ... but ... with a glacier ... I know ... you think I am nut ... or that because of the Ozone hole we have down here ... I have been sun overexposed ... probably you are right ... but wait ... keep it for you ... until you will see the ... THE glacier ... EL PERITO MORENO ... yep ... THE PERITO MORENO GLACIER ... and believe me ... when you will see ... you will understand ... it is something completely amazing ... a 11 km tounge of ice with a face of 60 meters wall height of ice ... but its size is not what you will remember ... you will remember its cracking ... breaking ... banging ... splashing in the water ... with a speed of 2 meters per day ... mmm ... only thinking about that noise ... makes me shiver ... difficult to describe ... OK ... let's start with a couple of pictures from the area where the tourists are supposed to stay ...
... in case you wonder ... yes ... the guy in the picture it's me ... I know ... I have to shave ... one of these days ... :D ... and here a picture of a piece of glacier splashing into the lake ... really nice to hear and to see ...
... so nice that instead of taking my scheduled bus at 1PM (I was there since 9AM) back to EL CALAFATE ... I decided to take the last bus at 8PM and continue to enjoy EL PERITO MORENO ... and I went where the tourists are not supposed to go in this period ... because the ice is breaking too close to the trail ...
... when I got to the last piece of marked trail ... I decided to go to see the glacier where is stupid and dangerous to go ... and I understood why it is dangerous ... you stay 50 meter from the face of the glacier whihc is moving 2 meters per day and is tall 60 meters ... the chances that a big piece will drop on your head are not exactly 0% ... but not even 100% ... :O ... so I took my chances ... mmm ... just to give you an idea ... this is a piece of ice that a wave created by the glacier has carried where I was staying watching the glacier ...
... I know ... I am stupid ... but what can I do!?! ... when you fell in love ... you do stupid things ... don't you!?! ... and there I was by myself ... not anymore stupid tourists ... chit chatting in their stupid languages ... :o ... and ruining that incredible magical event ... here a set of pictures that I took during a break ...
... I was lucky ... some other big pieces fell down (actually I have also a small movie of it ... :O ... once I will get in my place I will upload it) ... but none of them created such a big way to sweep me away on the other side ... so here I am to speak about my new love ... ehehehe ... a glacier ... and ... to make you think that I really nut ... while I was there contemplating the glacier ... I was also thinking to my idea to take a sabbatical year ... and what to do during that year ... and one of the options that I thought was to go back to EL PERITO MORENO and check it out every single day ... ehehehe ... yep ... I am really in love ... :D ... mmm ... almost forgot ... a strange coincidence ... the glacier was named after its discover ... FRANCISCO P. MORENO ... an Argentian dreamer and discoverer ... who only 21st years old ... back in 1873 left his warm house in Buenos Aires and headed South ... and pretty much ... he did discover most of the places in Patagonia ... one of the greatest Argentinians ever ... unfortunately for him ... he wasn't understood when he was alive ... and he died desperate and broke ... anyways ... now the coincidence ... FRANCISCO P. MORENO was born on May 31st ... like me ... :D
... in case you wonder ... yes ... the guy in the picture it's me ... I know ... I have to shave ... one of these days ... :D ... and here a picture of a piece of glacier splashing into the lake ... really nice to hear and to see ...
... so nice that instead of taking my scheduled bus at 1PM (I was there since 9AM) back to EL CALAFATE ... I decided to take the last bus at 8PM and continue to enjoy EL PERITO MORENO ... and I went where the tourists are not supposed to go in this period ... because the ice is breaking too close to the trail ...
... when I got to the last piece of marked trail ... I decided to go to see the glacier where is stupid and dangerous to go ... and I understood why it is dangerous ... you stay 50 meter from the face of the glacier whihc is moving 2 meters per day and is tall 60 meters ... the chances that a big piece will drop on your head are not exactly 0% ... but not even 100% ... :O ... so I took my chances ... mmm ... just to give you an idea ... this is a piece of ice that a wave created by the glacier has carried where I was staying watching the glacier ...
... I know ... I am stupid ... but what can I do!?! ... when you fell in love ... you do stupid things ... don't you!?! ... and there I was by myself ... not anymore stupid tourists ... chit chatting in their stupid languages ... :o ... and ruining that incredible magical event ... here a set of pictures that I took during a break ...
... I was lucky ... some other big pieces fell down (actually I have also a small movie of it ... :O ... once I will get in my place I will upload it) ... but none of them created such a big way to sweep me away on the other side ... so here I am to speak about my new love ... ehehehe ... a glacier ... and ... to make you think that I really nut ... while I was there contemplating the glacier ... I was also thinking to my idea to take a sabbatical year ... and what to do during that year ... and one of the options that I thought was to go back to EL PERITO MORENO and check it out every single day ... ehehehe ... yep ... I am really in love ... :D ... mmm ... almost forgot ... a strange coincidence ... the glacier was named after its discover ... FRANCISCO P. MORENO ... an Argentian dreamer and discoverer ... who only 21st years old ... back in 1873 left his warm house in Buenos Aires and headed South ... and pretty much ... he did discover most of the places in Patagonia ... one of the greatest Argentinians ever ... unfortunately for him ... he wasn't understood when he was alive ... and he died desperate and broke ... anyways ... now the coincidence ... FRANCISCO P. MORENO was born on May 31st ... like me ... :D
4 comments:
Great! I would have loved to have been that close as well. I can tell you i, too, would have definately walked down the path to see the glacier too. Dangerous or not... Can't wait to see the movie......
Alaska is calling you too.....Antartica too......
ehehehe ... yep ... but I think next trip will be in a warmer place ... I am freezing my b*lls down here ... and this is supposed to be almost summer ... :) ... for the video ... look into youtube.com ... I am sure there are plenty of them already ... :D XA
Andrea,
I still wait for you to admit that it's the best trip you have ever had and you are wasting your time in the US...
/R
PS - I want to be there with you, but I think I have already mentioned that.
... ehehe ... the best trip!? Mmmm ... yep ...it can be ... you know ... I don't like to rank stuff ... all my trips are amazing to me ... in all of them there is something that make me love them ... put it like this ... partially you are right ... EL PETITO MORENO is really unique ... it is by far the most amazing thing I have seen in my life ... about wasting my time in US ... mmm ... I am not sure ... even if I will go to Latin America to live ... I won't be able to work from EL PETITO MORENO ... so ... :D ... XA PS Believe me ... you are here with me ... :D
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