El Chaltén to Perito Moreno, 700km
Remember when Chatwin was riding a red Mercedes truck (named Rosana) with Paco Ruiz and a tire blew? Well, we passed that blown tire today when driving to Perito Moreno. Compared to Chile (and Switzerland) there is very little debris along the roads. So to see the remains of a truck tire is a rare thing and thus the one we saw en route should almost be a historic memorial of In Patagonia (chapter 39).
Well, we didn't get up at 5 - it looked sort of cloudy. Obviously I looked the wrong way because as we get up the mountain Fitz Roy is surpassing everything in town...
On the way we visited Cuevas de las Manos, 90km detour, worth it, 9300 to 1300 years old hand paintings. On way back we pick up two Polnish (Wojtek and Eddie) that got lost.
Perito Moreno itself is quite origninal. By the way for those with a little Spanish knowledge: It is Perito and not Perrito, the former meaning specialist and the latter dog.
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