and full confession we are pretty bad planners  sometimes like we just forget to check details  

like departure times and things like that so  today we were absolutely convinced that we  

had until 4 p.m to kind of like you know stay in  the hotel get some work done we even asked for a  

late check out because we thought that's when our  bus was leaving the city and we thought we were  

arriving in el calafate santa cruz argentina at  8pm well no it turns out our bus leaves four hours  

earlier at 12. so yeah it's a good thing we  decided to check the departure times on our  

tickets this morning because now we are basically  running around trying to finish work sam's trying  

to finish uploading some videos i have to clean  up this mess we have behind us i need to take  

care of the packing and yeah we need to get  organized we thought we were gonna have a bit  

of a chill work day because this hotel has such  a nice lounge area but no we need to get going  

which is fine because we are off to el calafate  argentina which is probably one of the most  

beautiful destinations in all of argentina  patagonia it is known for the majestic glacier  

perito moreno which we do plan to visit so we're  actually super pumped to be heading back inland  

here we've been in coastal patagonia argentina  now we're going to be heading back inland it's  

a relatively short bus ride four hours so yeah  we're feeling pumped we just need to get started

so some of you are probably going to find this  really weird but when i leave a hotel room  

i have to make the bed and leave the hotel room  looking tidy i think maybe it's because as a  

child my parents used to run a hotel and i heard  the horror stories of like how messy people were  

and like the disasters the bedrooms were when  some people checked out so i just like to be  

a good guest leave things looking good  so that's what i'm doing right now i'm  

making the bed perhaps a little weird let me know  if you have any quirks with hotel rooms as well

so

voila room is clean and tidy  sam's packing up the camera  

the laptop would given the lack of time we  had this morning we got so much done got a  

video up so look happy for that i didn't think  it was almost like a bit of a mission impossible  

now we just gotta hopefully do you got  your bus on time please fingers crossed

made it to the bus terminal and sam likes a good  map there's a fantastic map here so we can give  

you kind of a visual of where we've been in the  last few weeks so we started off in barloche we  

did earlier right here went all the way to elbow  zone where we hung out with valentin then we had  

the asado in a scale yeah goodbye to valentine now  you gotta zoom out here zoom out so then we went  

all the way down to commodore spent a few days  there loved it then all the way down to here  

overnight bus again to rio gallegos now we're  going to el calafate as you can see there's the  

there's going to be glaciers to visit right here  then el chalten and then from there we're heading  

into chile to visit torres del paine and then  we're going to punto arenas our last stop in chile  

ferry to the chilean side of tierra del fuego yeah  and then we take the bus all the way to ushuaia  

and then we're going to be heading to tohuin  and then back to buenos aires that is the rest  

of our trip guys you have revealed the  rest i've revealed the secret my oh my

all right guys so we are on the bus we scored  some amazing seats once again that's the beauty  

of booking your travels in advance on like last  trip yeah um we were able to get seats one and  

two right at the front um and this is meant to  be one of the most beautiful drives ever like the  

mountains yeah seriously once we get back to the  west side you're gonna be you're gonna be pulling  

out of the the zoom camera too yes double camera  action and before i forget to mention the prices  

because i usually do this was hundred and eighty  pesos per person twenty dollars twenty us dollars  

it's a four hour bus ride and yeah sam also got  us a little picnic lunch we have some sandwiches  

i'll do a little show and tell with that all  set for this journey i'll put my passports away  

they're so chill here they didn't even ask for  my passport they're like yeah yeah okay yeah i  

i love the relaxed um way of just life down here  yeah especially people are very friendly once you  

get into like the smaller cities and like towns  yeah it's it's got a easy going small town vibe i  

love it love it he loves it lunch time check this  out guys this is the ultimate argentine fast lunch  

it's you get your um flavored water which is  a pear flavored water yeah okay pear juice  

phantom shay alva one of my favorites also one of  the most sugary yeah it's coated in meringue yeah  

and then the sandwich de miga trible which is  basically a sandwich ham and cheese it's gonna  

be perfect because we won't be having dinner  until until later arriving at 4 5 checking  

in and then wonder like pounding the pavement  in search of tours yes search of tours for the  

for the following days so i don't see us eating  dinner until probably close to eight and so this

hello guys we have arrived in home sweet home in  il oh so nice to be here this is the part of the  

our of our trip to argentina that i've been most  looking forward to starting from here onward i  

can't wait i'm so excited to be here landscapes  seriously oh and it was a good bus ride it was  

so we started off we left like maybe 10 minutes  late and then there was a special event going on  

oh yeah it's like the day of the virgin and there  was a procession happening on the highway and a  

pilgrimage kind of right yeah it was a pilgrimage  so they had closed the highway down to one lane  

for traffic and then on the other side people were  walking biking riding horses yeah just getting  

to the cross and to the virgin any way they could  it was a long way let me tell you yeah there were  

people i could you could tell they were struggling  on their journey they were kind of hobbling a bit  

other people took their dogs and then as as it  was getting closer to the to the site there were  

a set of stairs that led up a hill yeah i was  actually eavesdropping on the conversation next  

to me because the guy was saying that he  had done the pilgrimage he was telling his  

girlfriend who's not from around there um and  he said he would go drinking with his buddies  

stay out till five in the morning and then  when they were all drunk at like 5 a.m they  

would start like stumbling down the highway  start their pilgrimage towards the virgin and  

they would get there at like 11 in the morning so  that's a lot of walking and yeah exactly and then  

to to make us a little bit more late we  were randomly picked for a police and a  

police and military check yeah the whole bus was  checked the whole bus was checked so we ended up  

arriving half an hour late we're at our place  closer to five now we arrived at about 4 30  

but it's still still a good time um it'll be it's  a perfect time actually to go organize our tours  

yeah siesta hour is over and there may be  some restaurants that have gringo hours  

because normally dinner's at eight but i think we  can eat a little bit before then and also we need  

to give you guys a little cottage tour because  this is our first a-frame like alpine style  

cozy chalet so i think it's gonna be nice i mean  we can hear the wind howling and like rattling but  

you know what's also really nice is that  sunset isn't going to be till like 10 p.m  

so we can go eat and get our tours booked and  then we'll show you the tour at the very end  

okay i think someone's hungry i i get it so i  get the hint all right let's go eat let's go

well guys welcome to el calafate it is time to  eat lunch so we found a pretty cool restaurant  

it's called isabel and they specialize in  comida disco that's food cooked in like this  

round pan i don't know if there's a word for it  in english in the menu they've translated it as  

plow but that somehow doesn't sound right  in my head so yeah we ordered the trout with  

a blue cheese cream sauce and we also added pasta  to it ravioli and i'm so pumped for this like sam  

is pumped for this sam also went into the cellar  yeah and picked out a really nice wine for us  

yeah miguel mini we haven't  tried this one cheers malbec 2017

it's really smooth oh i love it it has a rich  violet color yeah and like um like a berry aroma  

like it makes me think of morris blackberries and  plums i don't know maybe maybe it's just me but  

it feels a little smoother than some some mobile i  like it i love it try the bread tell us how it is  

bread with butter it's fresh out of the oven it's  so warm oh man i'm so ready to eat bread i love  

how in argentina they don't make you wait they  know you're hungry they give you your bread and  

your wine here's your bread here's your wine get  at it i love that my friends my friends my friends  

what has arrived this beautiful pot this  beautiful disco as they call it locally  

yes there's the fish which we sprinkled  cheese on top look at that dude the trout  

beaut what a beautiful thing look at  that stringy cheese so that comes with  

um some parmesan cheese sprinkled on top but  also blue cheese that's what's in it so much and  

we have the papa's fritos the potatoes oh my  gosh there's so much there's so much trout  

that it's actually encroaching on the  on the potato portion rustic potatoes  

rustic potatoes and guys we we paid a little  extra to get some raviolis all on the plate  

looking delicious you know what i'm gonna put  a little more cheese on there why not right

you never have enough cheese can  you not when you're samuel jeffrey

oh my goodness very strong blue cheese in  a good way in a great way in a great way um  

lingering aftertaste oh look at this ravioli  is loaded with spinach spinach and ricotta  

this is delicious this is the high calorie  food you need for all the hikes you're  

gonna do while you're here we're gonna be  outside exploring all day so we need some  

hearty food in the evening to sustain  us for the next day's adventure okay

you nobody likes them though this is terrible

no oh my god

hello people greetings from the field the future  new outfits new day yeah exactly um sorry we  

didn't uh we we didn't update you guys after after  dinner such a good dinner we kind of just bottled  

back here and then went out for a little quick  beer we should tell you about the price point yes  

so what was it it was it was a pretty affordable  meal honestly so the fish dish the comida al  

it was 23 total yes and it's a dish for two  people yeah keep in mind i think that was  

one of the more expensive ones that you could get  yeah yeah so aside from fish they also had chicken  

beef lamb like you can really find all sorts  of different what a vegetarian one yeah so  

all sorts of different comida al disco and then  we got a wine that was eight dollars it was a  

really nice wine it was so smooth and i still  i still can't stop thinking about the bread  

oh yeah that was nice with lots of butter yeah  we really picked out it was such a good meal  

i i could go back there again there was a  couple items there was one called the bondiola  

which is pork and it was done napolitano style  so i would have had a tomato sauce and cheese and  

bacon yeah oh my goodness one thing i did notice  like some first impressions of walking through the  

town was that there are a lot of restaurants  that the center is beautifully maintained  

reminds me a little bit of vijaya langustura  also banff in canada yeah just very very well  

kept beautiful buildings lots of restaurants  lots of shops lots of interior agencies so  

it's great we also went and organized some tours  as well we sure did so we've booked two tours so  

far we're honestly playing it a little bit by  ear because the weather here changes constantly  

and like even the tour agencies told us you know  what it's better to just book like a day or two in  

advance so that you are getting good weather and  it's not like raining as a great example of that  

already within a day the weather has changed  for tomorrow yes so it looked like tomorrow  

was gonna be windy and rainy and i was going  to be beautiful and so what i ended up doing  

is i ran back to the tour agency to book a tour  for us tomorrow because it is one of the one of  

the sunny days that we're going to get we're  going to be on a boat tour um we're go tonight  

we're going to an estancia and we also want to  do some ice tracking while we're here so those  

are the three mosques and then there's also a  viewing deck but you can go to there any day  

and apparently you get you get the glacier views  no matter what the weather is so i'm not so i'm  

not so concerned about that but for the boat ride  and for the ice trekking we do want to have nice  

weather yeah so those are the three main tourists  we want to do the boat trip to see the glacier and  

then a little bit of ice trekking on the glacier  and then the estancia which is happening today so  

we're super pumped for that i'm doing that  in a few hours yeah we'll be another start  

getting ready for that we'll take you along for  that journey but right now we wanted to give you  

the cabin tour that we promised you yesterday so  we'll do it got some daylight let's make it happen  

oh sam's going to be behind the camera you ready  yeah well this is home sweet home for the week  

we rented a cute little a-frame a little alpine  style cottage i've got to tell you for me  

personally like this is a very basic cottage and i  would say it's like one step up from camping just  

because this is kind of like plywood and then i  hope they have some insulation and then like a tin  

roof but it's been so windy like abnormally windy  that it feels like the roof is going to fly off we  

had to we were sleeping upstairs but it was just  it was unbelievably loud it felt like we were out