The small town of El Calafate is located pretty much as far south in Patagonia as you can get. Further south and you’re into the area ominously called Tierra del Fuego (The Land of Fire). While the town has a catering for tourists, it stillretains a small town feel. The tourists flock here for one…

El Bolson The first stop along the journey into southern Patagonia was to the town of El Bolson. I’d read this place was some kind of ecofriendly hippy town, so needless to say I had some preconceived notions on what to expect. It was of course nothing like I was envisioning – no crazy dreadlocked…

The walk from the hostal to the bus terminal was freezing. Only about 20mins away, the early morning cold pretty much froze my hands into numbness until I warmed up with a coffee from the nearby petrol station. It was unfortunately a Nescafe machine made coffee, but it was better than nothing at 7:30 in…