To get to the South of Patagonia we had to take a 28 (yes, twenty eight) hour bus ride. The bus left at 8 pm, stopped the next day for two hours in Perito Moreno (a small town in the middle of nowhere) around noon and arrived at midnight in El Chalten. Most of the way was on Route 40 a mainly gravel road running more than 5000 km from the south to the north of Argentina. The landscape was interesting but didn't change much all day – flat steppe and a high sky. Sometime it was possible to see some Andean mountains or glaciers in the distance. There were no towns, villages or houses for hours. 
But along the road there were guanacos (the Patagonian lama) and nandus (the Patagonian ostrich) to see.The company also offered some great entertainment with movies like "Titanic 2" and "Dance Classics 4" - it was better to look out of the window!
It's unbelievable but - after almost traveling South America from north to south by bus - I still like traveling by bus and looking out of the window.
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Regrading the movies I am still looking forward to see "Mega Piranha". Unfortunately, they only showed a trailer during the bus ride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFhSogGnu4I). But Claudi is right, "Dance Classic 4" was just awesome.
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