Evening camp on the way out of El Calafate |
The Cuernos del Paine from across Lake Nordenskjöld |
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Thorny vegetation looking over to the turbulent Lake Nordenskjöld |
Guanacos in the Torres del Paine National Park |
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From left, the 3072m Cumbre Principal, the Cuernos del Paine and Monte Almirante Nieto in Torres del Paine National Park |
The back side of one of the Torres from the French Valley, Torres del Paine |
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Glaciers in Lake Onelli in the Glaciers National Park |
An upturned iceberg in the Upsala channel of Lake Argentino, the Glaciers National Park |
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How blue! The colour of the underwater ice of an iceberg that turned over in Lake Argentino, the Glaciers National Park |
The 100 metre high wall of the Spegazzini glacier in the Glaciers National Park, Argentine Patagonia |
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This 200 metre wide iceberg broke off the Upsala glacier 65 days ago in the Glaciers National Park, Argentine Patagonia |
Icebergs in the Upsala channel, Los Glaciares National Park |
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The Perito Moreno glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentine Patagonia |
The 60 metre high face of the Perito Moreno glacier. The black hole, bottom left, is a tunnel which allows water to flow from the Rico arm of the Lake Argentino to the main lake |
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Brandon and Jose Luis on the ferry to see their Daddy in Argentina |
Cerro Torre near El Chalten in the Los Glaciares National Park, Argentine Patagonia |
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The ignominy of public transport along Ruta 40 |
Cerro Torre and Mount Fitzroy in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentine Patagonia |
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The Fitzroy massif in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentine Patagonia |
This little armadillo joined me for lunch |
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New Year s Eve celebrations on Ruta 40, Argentine Patagonia |
Joshua Mitchell |
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Ian, Kerena and Joshua in Santiago |
The giant nalca plant, whose stalks are a bit like rhubarb and can be eaten in salads. It would also make a good umbrella! |
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My herb and spice containers |
Tiny yellow wildflowers on an exposed hillside in the Reserva Nacional Cerro Castillo. |
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Waterfalls near Coihaique, Chilean Patagonia |
10,000 year old hand prints on the cliffs near Cerro Castillo in the Reserva Nacional Cerro Castillo |
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The effect of water in this part of the world |
Pretty red wildflowers in the Reserva Nacional Cerro Castillo |
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A stunted tree under a volcano in Reserva Nacional Cerro Castillo, Chilean Patagonia |
A house in Futaleufu, Chilean Patagonia |
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The Futaleufu river, one of the best white water rafting rivers in the world |
The Notro (embothrium coccineum) firebush tree in flower |
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These leaves are over a metre in diameter |
Along the Carretera Austral in southern Chile |
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