El Puesto Sur - El Chalten, Argentina

El Chalten was the site of our best hiking to date and it was also the site of our locking the keys in the rental car! We picked a great place to do it too: a tiny town with only two mechanics, both of whom were out of town that day. After searching around for someone to help we finally found this guy who fished the keys out of the ignition with a long stick-like thing and then pried the door frame far enough away from the car frame to allow the keys to be pulled out. Whew, that was a close one. It only took 2 hours to start to finish, which sort of finished our day.

El Puesto Sur was a set of rather ugly cabanas from the outside, but they were quite nice on the inside and Omar, the owner, was extremely helpful and friendly. We loved having a refrigerator and a kitchen of our own, not to mention the two bedrooms and the ability to spread out a bit. It had no TV, but that has come to be a plus for most everybody.

WGGSH? - Yes

WWSHA? - Yes