El Chalten and the Fitz Roy

We took a bus to El chalten- a very very small village with no banks or cash machines. It is located at the entrance of a national park of the glaciers.

The main street in El Chalten

There we went to our first long trek. with a tent and everything(the tent turned out to be very "chikmuck").

We went hiking to mount Fitz Roy- a very famous mountain known for its pointy edge. Very popular among the climbers.

We climbed until the lake underneath it(the highest place you can get to without climbing equipment and license). It was extremely difficult and I thought Dina was about to cry a couple of times, but when we got there it was worth it!! (after walking for 4 hours and climbing up for 2)

We spent the night camping...even managed to cook some pasta in the freezing cold... was fun!!

The next day we went to see another glacier in the park, but as usual took the wrong path and ended up on the path for climbers. It was very difficult because we had to climb huge boulders all the way and Dina looked very funny and small... at the end it was worth it because we came to the glacier itself instead of the view point.... it was very beautiful...

then the weather shifted and became very cold and windy and our tent turned into an air balloon and almost flew away... we decided to call it a day as everybody else and headed back to the village... almost being knocked over by the wind the hole way...

Now we are back at Chile(Puerto Natales). They have this thing about not bringing fruit or vegetables to the country so they gave us a frisk like we were spies....

anyhow...we miss you all and update you more later...
hope you had a happy hanuka, we missed it here....

loni & dina