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El Calafate:  50 degrees 20 minutes South

2/7/2018

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We leave Ushuaia for El Calafate on Tuesday morning. Our Aerolineas Argentina flight is 40 minutes late, so "on time" by South American standards.

As we approach El Calafate I am surprised by the landscape.  I know that the city is on the southern edge of Lago Argentino, Argentina's largest fresh water lake, and that it is a gateway city to Los Glaciers National Park.  What I wasn't expecting is the dry desert landscape that ends very close to the shoreline.  The city is 18 degrees latitude north of our furthest south Antarctica landing and the landscape is worlds away.

We taxi to our apartment where we are greeted by Fernando.  Between his kindergarten English, our pre-kindergarten Spanish and with the aid of Google Translate we learn about the apartment and the city.  It is a clean, comfortable one bedroom apartment which looks like a nice place to stay for two weeks.  A bonus is a cleaning service that comes twice a week.

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It's less than a mile walk to the laundry and to the supermarket, our primary needs for today.  We have a late lunch of a Ceasar salad and empanadas at one of the many restaurants lining Ave. del Libertador General San Martìn who seem to cater to the adventurists and tourists who visit the city.  Then we return to the apartment to unpack and settle in.
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    Hi.  I'm Anne.  I wander around the world with William.


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