Pink flamingos, swans, and other water fowl on the Laguna Nimez Reserve on the shores of Lago Argentina.

Rainbow over Lago Argentina

On the ferry on the way to visit the Perito Merino glacier, Patagonia

The north face of the Perito Merino glacier in Los Glaciers National Park, World Heritage Site.

Luis, our guide for the "mini-trekking" tour of Perito Moreno glacier. Note tiny red dot on southern shore of Lago Argentina (to the right of the pointer) is El Calafate.

Luis has to stop his orientation because he cannot compete with the show behind him as the glacier calves, making a big splash.

This is the crampon station where the mini-trekkers get fitted for crampons before entering onto the glacier.

Guides tightly lace crampons onto our boots for the mini-trekking tour onto the glacier.

Intense shades of blue looking down into one of the many crevasses in the glacier.

The tour winds through a labyrinth of cracks and crevasses on the Perito Moreno glacier.

Luis uses his ice axe to demonstrate how the glacier is formed

Walking on the crampons was a little scary at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was a BLAST climbing, walking along ledges, feeling like I could defy gravity!