Every country, every place, has beautiful scenery, but Patagonia took my breath away. It had been a while since nature inspired me so much: land wide open, raw yet gentle, desolate yet comforting, a corner of the world that elicits a rare joy and a persistent lump in one's throat as one sees the destruction global warming is leaving behind. The solidified blue of the sky against the contrasting white of the snow in the Andes made me hopeful that something more lies beyond, that us humans can't let such magnificent beauty just melt away ...
PERITO MORENO GLACIER - El Lago Argentino
Clowning around at 5:30am!
On the bus en route to the docking station to board the boat for our second day of tours around El Lago Argentino.
Hello Global Warming! You can see how this glacier has retreated in the nakedness on some parts of the mountain and how it continues to lose volume as it melts aways (see the waterfalls).
Cheers! A delicious way to end the boat trip: with champagne (actually, it was espumante, but just as good!)!
Pink flamingos
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