21st January – Estancia La Angostura to El Calafate

Today it was back on the rocky road to leave the ranch as we had 330km ahead of us mostly on bone shaking dirt roads.  We both held our breath as the car sailed along soaking up the bumps of the road. The car ran beautifully over the rocky road and we were both able to relax (especially Michael) and enjoy the drive, with no fuel surge into the carbies, & the car didn’t stall once. Success at last! Let’s hope Ross doesn’t need his SU fuel pump back before we get off the dirt roads!  Once again we drove through amazing desert, with lama’s more common place and turquoise lakes dotting the landscape, it is breathtaking. I don’t think the photo’s do it justice. We drove through El Calafate onto the Perito Moreno Glacier, which is quite amazing. We walked quite a few kilometers around a walkway to get up close to the glacier. We were fortunate enough to hear & see a large lump of ice break away, it’s like a thunder clap before the ice falls into the water to create a wave across the turquoise lake.   Once again another tasting of Mendoza Malbec tonight, definitely a good drop!