Our next stop exploring Patagonia was a 5 day hike to Torres Del paine in Chile. We arrived in Puerto Natales and were greeted by two friendly chillian brothers who had just started a very cosy hostel. Unfortunately we were informed that the weather did not look good in the national park for the next few days, however being on our tight schedule we had left no room for sitting the rain out, so we hired waterproof pants, did the food shopping of pasta, pasta and more pasta, packed our hiking packs and went out and had a large argentinian steak for energy. 6.30am on the bus wondering what was wrong with our choice of fun these days!! Freezing cold and still dark on the way to the Torres del Paine National park, just praying
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