June 21st - The Perito Moreno Glacier
The Perito Moreno Glacier
The bus came to pick us up at around 9am. The city was still dark. The drive takes us along the Lago Argentino, as you slowly see the landscape changing from brown to white.
The first stop, is to admire the lake, shaped as a hand surrounded by mountains as you see the sun rising and the mist slowly disappears.
The second stop is our first sight of the glacier. From afar, it looks very small but you are still taken aback by the purity, beauty of the white.
The third stop is on a boat. And the boat slowly takes you closer and closer to the glacier until it dawns on you as a monster. A huge white beautiful monster. No words to express. I was overwhelmed. Completely overwhelmed.
And finally, the last stop, we go just opposite the glacier where we can see the monstrosity of it. A stretch of 14 kilometers of just ice. And that was just a part of it. The whole Perito Moreno Glacier is the size of the city of Buenos Aires. It is 60 meters above the water and presumably 1000 meters below the water. And you could just stare at its beauty forever and ever and ever. At times we would see small pieces falling into the water with a huge grumbling noise. An amazing experience in totality.
I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be there.
The bus came to pick us up at around 9am. The city was still dark. The drive takes us along the Lago Argentino, as you slowly see the landscape changing from brown to white.
The first stop, is to admire the lake, shaped as a hand surrounded by mountains as you see the sun rising and the mist slowly disappears.
The second stop is our first sight of the glacier. From afar, it looks very small but you are still taken aback by the purity, beauty of the white.
The third stop is on a boat. And the boat slowly takes you closer and closer to the glacier until it dawns on you as a monster. A huge white beautiful monster. No words to express. I was overwhelmed. Completely overwhelmed.
And finally, the last stop, we go just opposite the glacier where we can see the monstrosity of it. A stretch of 14 kilometers of just ice. And that was just a part of it. The whole Perito Moreno Glacier is the size of the city of Buenos Aires. It is 60 meters above the water and presumably 1000 meters below the water. And you could just stare at its beauty forever and ever and ever. At times we would see small pieces falling into the water with a huge grumbling noise. An amazing experience in totality.
I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be there.
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