spending the night in calafate, about 1hr from the huge glacier perrito morenos…unfortunately, i didn’t have enough time to see it today, so i’ll have to check it out tomorrow morning….with all the crowds. then, i’ll probably drive a few hours up to chalten…which is another nice park with a lot of hiking options. i don’t want to eat another kiwi for a while.

two other anecdotes: 1) check out what’s on the cigarette packages here (pic)….on the back it says that tobacco kills 16,000 chileans every year. 2) south americans seem to love brazilians. for instance, tonight for lunch/dinner, i asked the waiter for a glass of water. it was against their policy. but once he found out i was brazilian, the water began flowing!