The wonders of Patagonia - The Perito Moreno Glacier

We arrive in El Calafate at 8pm after our delayed flight from Bariloche. The town is very small. We got a private room which has a computer with internet connection but no Wi-fi. Internet connection is the slowest ever, about 10 mns to open the google page. I just give up. The next day we have our big excursion to the Perito Moreno glacier, the only growing glacier in the world. A few stats : The 250 km² (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. This icefield is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.
After a couple of cold toasts and some very weak coffee, we are picked up for our excursion. It is early still. The sun is not up and it is quite dark outside, we crossed some amazing landscapes before entering the national parc where we quickly stop as a female condor flies past. We have a couple of view stops until we are told that after the next corner we should have the first sight of the glacier. The view is amazing. We head to a little port where a boat will take us closer to the glacier, we navigate in front of the glacier, the size of it is incredible. I cannot stop taking pictures, a few hundreds by the end of the day. LOL. After our little navigation, we are taken to another view spot with various levels, we can walk around the side of the glacier and take yet more pictures. I just sit at one mid point and just watch the glacier when we hear a crack, then we saw a big chink of the ice falling off the glacier, the sound is amoazing when it falls in the water. The weather is amazing, we have a beautiful sunny day, the light changes the colour of the glacier which looks very blue.
What a day! my eyes are still full of amazing images from the Perito Moreno glacier, which was names after explorer Francisco Moreno, a pioneer who studied the region in the 19th century and played a major role in defending the territory of Argentina in the conflict surrounding the international border dispute with Chile.
We get back to the hostel very tired, and there some bad news await, i am told that my next excursion does not run on Thursday. I am too exhausted to argue , the other excursions i am offered dont appeal to me so i decide to change my flight to head to Ushuaia, my next destination.