Traveling To Patagonia, Part 2: Perito Moreno Glacier

Whenever I think of my travel bucket list, natural wonders rarely come up. I am mostly drawn to urban, not rural landscapes. But Jose loves to travel anywhere. Ask him about a country or a city and he knows exactly where it’s located on a map, what the culture is like and even quite a few points of interest. When we travel with his family, he always helps decide on the destination and a few activities. We almost didn’t make it to the Perito Moreno glacier. Their plan was to cruise through the Magallanes strait, but Jose insisted the trip way down there would not be worth it without seeing it. So, they decided to debark in Ushuaia and fly up to El Calafate. I flew down there from Panama to meet them. Words can’t describe what it was like to stand in front of this colossal mass of ice. I’ve never seen whites and blues quite like those. The way the light reflected off its surface. The deafening silence between the ice’s echoing creaks just before bits broke away and plummeted into the lake. The only adjective I keep repeating when trying—and failing, TBH—to rightfully describe our Patagonia experience is surreal. I don’t know. In my opinion, no vocabulary is vast enough for this shit. Wow, just wow.

Maristella wears a black parka and pink Acne Telde boots at the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia
Highway to Los Glaciares national park in Argentina
highway in Argentina Patagonia
Maristella wears an H&M knit sweater, high waist Levi's and Fjallraven kanken backpack with Acne telde pink boots
Maristella in Patagonia
Patagonian landscape with Lake Argentina
Maristella on her way to the Perito Moreno glacier in the Argentinean Patagonia
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
What to wear in Patagonia
Ice texture of the Perito Moreno by Maristella Gonzalez
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
Lake Argentina by Maristella Gonzalez
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
Maristella wears an Armani Parka and Fjallraven backpack at the Perito Moreno Glacier
Maristella in a fur trimmed hooded parka and Fjallraven Kanken orange backpack
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
Maristella at the Perito Moreno glacier
What to wear to the Perito Moreno glacier
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez
Maristella at the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
Perito Moreno Glacier by Maristella Gonzalez