Aches and pains at the Torres del Paine

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April 20th 2006

Published: May 15th 2006

After the trip down southern Chile aboard the Puerto Eden we were very excited about our forthcoming visit to probably the most celebrated national park in the entire continent. We'd tried to buy pretty much everything we'd need, although we were still pinning our hopes of hot dinners on a camping stove (bought on eBay some weeks before) which we were to collect at Puerto Natales post office. We w... Read Full Entry

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Em at the top of John Gardener Pass

She's got her eyes closed as the winds are probably blowing over 60mph when that photo was taken!

Me with trusty stick

Helps the old knees no end...

The start of the walk

Bags hadn't begun to feel heavy at this point. Just as well, if they weighed that much at the end of the trek, there's no way we would have finished!!

Mouse attack!!

Each night you need to hang your food from a tree, in a big bag (a grain sack in our case - which couldn't be lifted by one person at the beginning!). This is what happens if you leave it outside your tent overnight...

Fox attack!!

... but not on us, luckily. Some guys we met had left their food tied up in a tree, but a crafty fox found it, and took it to it's lair. This photo shows what else it had managed to collect...

Em crossing a stream with care

She's got much better at this over the time we've been away!

Gruff goes camping

15th May 2006

Jay
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Travel longing
Judging from your detailed trip descriptions, and great pictures, you will, or have, become adventure-travel addicted...Great mental and visual memories no one can take from you, to be recalled later, when you return to the real world, to escape once again, albeit temporarily, til the next trip.... Wife and I toured New Zealand, North island about 8 years ago, and much of Western Europe in 2002; Still recalling those memories, and planing next jaunt...Vaya con Dios!

19th May 2006

George the Greek
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Yes indeed, we're hooked!
Thanks for the positive comment! We're hooked alright. I'm already thinking about the next jaunt. I think Africa might well be our next long term destination. Off topic, but just read about a very destructive sounding planned mining operation in chile, and just having come back from there it was especially poignant. Have a read external support needed by the sounds of it! http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12447

19th May 2006

Jill Greengrass
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will miss
have so enjoyed this diary and the photos ......will really miss it as I presume you are now back in the UK! Hope all goes well for you both, love jill

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