The Patagonian desert
The southern regions of South America is called Patagonia. It is a wind-swept desert like region with beautiful open skies and chilly breezes. We landed yesterday afternoon in El Calafate, the gateway to the Parque Nacional los Glaciers with its 15 or so glaciers. The town itself is sort of touristy, but not in an unpleasant way.
We managed to find a room in Hostel Alejandra where we have to walk through the owner's living room to get to our room! But it is very central and cheap by Patagonian standards. As they say (spesiaal vir Le Roux) "what it lacks in old world charm it more than makes up for in concrete"- check our view!
Culture shock: walking through someone's living room to get to your room with no view, local Spanish remixes of Nirvana songs.
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