Whilst we typically think of Australia as being a big flat barren country in which you need to ride (or drive) significant distances to get between places / tourist icons and so on, the same would seem to hold true of Argentina as well.
A quick search on Google tells me that whilst Australia has a land mass of 7,633,565 KM square, making it the sixth largest country in the world, whilst Argentina isn't far behind at 2,736,690 KM square and the eighth largest.
All of which puts yesterday and today's 29 hour bus trip into context and to think I'll be doing the same thing in reverse in only three or four day's time. I tell you what, this bloody glacier had better be as spectacular as everyone hypes it up to be....
On the positive side though, is that spending so many hours on a bus with little to do other than read my book, listen to music, watch the TV (some of which has been in English with Spanish subtitles, though the sound system doesn't seem to work), is that I've had plenty of time to contemplate life, set a few goals for the year ahead (maybe not so much O/S travel) and think about what I've got out of this trip other than just fitter!
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