Towers of pain

Ok sounds hard core but ot really the torres del paine translates to the towers of blue in the native indian south american language. anyways for those of you who don´t know much about it...it is a national park in chile which boasts one of the best hikes second to the machu pichu climb in south america.

so anyways we climbed it ...no big deal here are the photos...

i have posted one of our camp site which is particularly good. ahhhhhh feel the serenity. there is heaps of treking (hard core walking) in torres del paine although it comes at a price if you travel this far south fruit and veg dosen´t grow here so all our meals are steak or really sub standard ham and cheese rolls.

there is a ´W´walk in this park about 50 km in which i covered mabey 30km worth but from the photos you can see i covered the towers, the hanging glaciers and the grey glacier... this is much like moreno but it isn´t carveing and you get pisco sour for free on the boat.

anyways enough of torres...we actually said good bye to chile from rio grande which used to be a small mining town. wow you say!!! yes loney planet gives it very little praise but i will always remember the time i enjoyed close to one of the best steaks on tour and a night in the rio grande casino.

yes i won big time 300 pesos...black jack bit diff rules to oz in that they don´t deal your cards face up but it is still a gold game. the other boys won as well .... jay lost. dave i was close to mesaging you my win although i restrained myself.

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