One of the advantages of waiting a bit before writing up the blog (what some may call procrastination), is that you can compare to what happened afterwards. And I can therefore say that El Chaltén is one of the most beautiful places in Argentina.

The small village is set below the impressive Fitz Roy peak, whos always overlooking what you’re up to. Perhaps it will be most remembered by me as the first place where I saw a condor cruising over. And just like you remember where you were on 9-11 (in my undies watching tv), everyone remembers their first condor passing. A moment to be hold in silence (without the damn pan flute song).

Anyway, the whole setting is also super relaxed. Only laid back travellers and hard core climbers venture out to this remote place and let’s hope it stays like this forever.

In case you’re wondering what that photo showing extra luggage in our car is about, well, that was the third time we met ze frenchies Germain and Erwan. We managed to cram them in our car as our hearts could not leave them struggling to hitch a ride for another half a day. (The first encounter was really in the middle of nowhere). We kept meeting them along the way so much that it became a running joke. At the moment they’re studying here in Mendoza where I am writing this :)