So after waterproofing our boots (they took 2 days to dry out) we settled down to dinner at the hostel with Ben and Andy - another recent graduate travelling before he starts his first job. He went to Sheffield Uni so a good old reminiscence was had by all...

So onto the ice for our glacier walk, somewhat belatedly, having originally planned to do it in New Zealand. We cramponed up and headed up and onto the Moreno Glacier. Apart from an Argentine/Spanish woman dressed like an extra from ski sunday (utterly hilarious lycra leggings) our group was all English and our guide gave us the usual background to the glacier, and other interesting factoids about it´s height, length, width, depth etc (up to 100m, 25km, 8-10km, and 700m in that order). We walked on the ice for about 2 hours, seeing caves, crevaces, sink holes, lakes, streams and so many different shades of blue. It was truely fantastic, and we were really pleased we´d made the effort to come back and do it. A really nice touch at the end was to chip a load of ice from the glacier and toast everyone with a wee dram of whiskey, using glacial water and ice to cool it. Great idea, great day out!

Tomorrow we´re flying up to El Calafate, another scarily titled airline (Southern Winds...who are these people??) where we have booked ourselves a hotel as all the hostels seem to be full. We should get to meet up with Helen and Rich who did the long haul from NZ yesterday.