2nd January
Today we went to the world's 5th largest glacier / the Mereno. It's 257 square kilometers, 30km long and about 5 or so wide. The glacier was about 70km from El Calafate along a good sealed road with spectacular vies of the surrounding mountains and lakes.
The place was overrun with tourists, but all very effecient at the site, as the officials had built metal boardwalks all through the area. We could stsnd about 100m from the ice face and watch as hugh hunks fell off into the lake with cracks like gunshots going off as pieces detached.
We had a boat trip up to about 75m from the ice face in the lake. The face is 50/60m high and about 4 km across.
In the evening Liz and I went into Calafate and dined at a very good local restaurant with a younger English couple. The truck has turned up all fixed again, so fingers crossed it stays that way.We leave again in the morning for Usuhaia, a two day trip of 1000km.
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