there is more than a tip to it

This photo was taken during a trekking on the Perito Moreno. This is a small introduction of the next post…

When the wind brings dust from the moraine (grey or black) on the ice, it attracts sun rays and slowly melts the ice around it. With time, it creates these incredible abstract sculptures.

I am slowly going through all the pictures taken during our 2 weeks trip in Argentina. Do you prefere a “day by day story” or some “random posts”, like the last 2 ones?

We crossed Argentina from North to South this morning by plane. As our Lonely Planet says, this is supposedly the same kind of flight that brought to St Exupery the idea for “Le Petit Prince”… I will trust them…

The arrival to El Calafate is probably one of the most incredible landing we have done so far. On the right side: the andes, lagos of incredible blue and green and endless pampa!!

Great!?

(in the back, 3 pikes, our next destination: Fitz Roy range)

We spent the end of the day walking in Protected Area for birds close to El Calafate:

The view on Lago Argentina

And the birds

Tomorrow, we are going to El Chalten to see the Fitz Roy. Photos will be coming later.

Barbara and Yann

Here we are in Buenos Aires, after a long, long, long flight (and time spent in airport). We visited each and every luxe stores (what do we do now, Hermes or Rolex? ), played Playstation3 and got bored. The only funny story in this, is that when we were almost boarding, we had to change gates to another part of the airport. 5 minutes before start they had the flight to Buenos Aires and Singapore mixed. You really wonder how its working behind the scene…

Sadly, our Internet/Computer access does not allow us to upload today’s pictures, you will have to wait… First day in Buenos Aires was really good.

 Tomorrow, early flight to El Calafate in Patagonia… Glaciers and trekking

 Hasta Luego

Barbara and Yann

Souvenir from a week end in Gent. The colors remind me of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, what do you think?

Music to listen: Ali Farka Touré, Niafunké, ASCO

I should get a couple more visits with this geeky gutter press headline.

Anyway, thanks to a couple of friends, I discovered Guitar Hero. It won’t make me become the next Jimmy Hendrix but at least my Air Guitar style is improving. Daft Punk, your secret is well kept…

Funny what a cold morning wind and a car’s hood can create: back to geometry, as mentioned in previous post.

Taking pictures is important to me, as much as discovering existing work in photography. You probably have seen some of the pictures I will show you in newspaper, magazine, advertising; they are a key part of information, entertainment. However if you look for the small text hidden somewhere, you will find there are a couple of names that keep coming back: James Nachtwey is one of them.

We had the chance to have a public exhibition of his work in Luxembourg. Even if you think you do not know him, I am sure you have already crossed the path of one of his pictures. They are a testimony to humanity, a reminder of events that would be forgotten without them.

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