Travel photographs

A black-chested buzzard eagle watches alertly from a post on the road to El Calafate.

The mountains of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares seen across Lago Argentino on the road from El Calafate to El Chalten.

Monte Fitz Roy (3405m) seen from beside Lago Argentino on the road between El Calafate and El Chalten.

A cyclist hitches his way to El Calafate, with Monte Fitz Roy just visible on the horizon. (Photo: Alex Gordon)

Taking a break at the Hotel La Leona, midway between El Calafate and El Chalten on the Pan-American Highway through Patagonia. (Photo: Alex Gordon)

So which one do you fancy Alex? (Photo: Alex Gordon)

Cerro Torre (3102m, center with the three spikes) and Monte Fitz Roy (3405m, the largest mountain) across Lago Viedma on the road to El Chalten.

Monte FitzRoy, seen on the road to El Chalten.

Cerro Torre, seen on the road to El Chalten.

Cerro Torre, Monte FitzRoy, and something rather less picturesque. (Photo: Alex Gordon)

A sight to set Welsh hearts bleeding, on the Patagonian steppe near Fitz Roy.

Monte Fitz Roy, from the Patagonian steppe near El Chalten.

Cerro Torre, from the Patagonian steppe near El Chalten.

Cerro Torre and Monte Fitz Roy, from the Patagonian steppe near El Chalten.

The Viedma Glacier from the road to El Chalten. (Photo: Alex Gordon)

The Viedma Glacier, from the Patagonian steppe near El Chalten.

The group poses in front of Fitz Roy, on the road to El Chalten.

An interesting looking pebble disguised as a frog. (Photo: Alex Gordon)

Monte Fitzroy, from near El Chalten.

A closer view of Monte Fitz Roy, from near El Chalten.

Monte Fitz Roy from El Chalten.

Heledd finds an interesting case study at a bar in El Chalten.