DAY 74 (1 OF 1) – PATAGONIA ONCE AGAIN, USHUAIA TO EL CALAFATE, ARGENTINA

As expected we couldn’t get on the 6:00 flight.  We were among the 140+ people affected by the cancellation and couldn’t make it onto the 06:00 flight.  The staff sent us to a hotel back in Ushuaia, and suggested we should come to the airport again at 12:30 to try getting on the 13:35 flight.  We were again on the waiting list.  We did what he suggested and again the 13:35 flight was full and no one on the waiting list could get on.  Fortunately Aerolineas Argentina finally realized that they had to do something and sent an extra flight to Ushuaia for all of us who got stranded at the airport.  By 17:00, 27.5 hours after our original scheduled flight time, we finally took off from Ushuaia.  We landed at El Calafate at 18:30, and were delighted to find a direct bus to El Chalten departing from the airport at 19:00.  At 22:00 we finally arrived in El Chalten, the trekking capital of Argentina.  Now, let’s hope for some good weather tomorrow!
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Previous Destination – Ushuaia, reading from post Day 69.1

Read more on El Chalten in 2013 South America
Day 74 – Patagonia Once Again, Ushuaia to El Calafate
Day 75.1 – Laguna Torres, El Chalten
Day 75.2 – Estepa Restaurant, El Chalten
Day 76.1 – El Muro, El Chalten
Day 76.2 – Laguna Capri, El Chalten
Day 77.1 – Laguna Torre Once Again, El Chalten
Day 77.2 – Domo Blanco Ice-cream, El Chalten
Day 78.1 – Sendero al Fitz Roy, El Chalten
Day 78.2 – In-house Dinner, El Chalten
Day 79.1 – Goodbye El Chalten

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South America 2013 – Our Destinations
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Iguazu Falls (Argentina/Brazil), Pantanal (Brazil), Brasilia (Brazil), Belo Horizonte & Inhotim (Brazil), Ouro Preto (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Paraty (Brazil), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Samaipata & Santa Cruz (Bolivia), Sucre (Bolivia), Potosi (Bolivia), Southwest Circuit (Bolivia), Tilcara, Purmamarca, Salta (Argentina), Cafayate (Argentina), San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), Antofagasta & Paranal Observatory (Chile), Chiloe (Chile), Puerto Varas (Chile), Torres del Paine (Chile), Ushuaia (Argentina), El Chalten (Argentina), El Calafate (Argentina), Isla Magdalena (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Valparaiso (Chile), Afterthought