are you tired of lakes and mountains yet?

Isn't it rough, that this is what I force you to see, again and again? Poor babies.

This is Lago Agentino, a massive lake that El Calafate sits on, one that turns into marshland closer to town. The water goes all the way to the glacier, where we will be tomorrow. It is very much a resort town, with these really posh, faux-rustic looking lodges all around and some tourists with some seriously evident bucks. But it is also a really nice town to wander about, and it is interesting to view the boomtown-ness of it. There is this posh downtown, and then three blocks away, the paved roads just ...stop. There is also more construction of houses here than I have maybe ever seen in one place. The town's population already went from about 5,000 to 15,000 in the last 10 years, and it looks like they are ready for that to keep happening.

It is a relatively small town, but I really don't see why everyone was bashing it. Really, I would recommend Calafate top anyone - certainly more than Punta Arenas...