El Calafate, Argentina
On the drive from the airport to the hostel, the taxi driver (who says he only speaks a little English) gives us a running commentary of the area around us in perfect English. He tells us that El Calafate sits at the same southern latitude as London does to the north. He is even able to predict with perfect timing when we are going to get a view of Lago Argentino around a mountain, or a view of the town itself. He chats on and then tells us he only provides the...