El Calafate

Just a quick note. Hungry and tired after a long day of battling the wind. The crossing into Argenina was fun, 7 km of pushing the bikes through the mud in the pouring rain, but definitively an adventure and not as bad as we thought. Getting to El Chalten was like landing on another planet after the quiet Careterra Austral. Real tourist town, but kind of souless. We were grounded there by crazy winds and rain, then it cleared and we went for a wander to lakes right below the glaciers of Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. Couldnt see the very tops, but still real impressive and stunning. Flew out of El Chalten at 35 km an hour without much pedalling the next day thanks to an incredible tailwind, but the fun ended when we turned on the routa 40 and into the wind. Spend the night camping at a nice estanzia. Still morning today, nice riding though the barren and slightly rolling pampa. Unfortunately the calm did not last, and the last 35 km into El Calafate were right into the now reasonably strong wind again. But we made it and looking forward to a good dinner now. Perito Morreno Glacier tomorrw. Lots of love Tina