The wind and rain slammed against the hut all through the night and had continued into the morning. Day 2 looked fairly easy on the map. A stoll down back the way we had come the previoous day before branching off around lake Nordenskjold to take us to our hut under the cuernos (horns). No probs. We'd nailed it the day before, we were on form. The plan had been to have a sleep in, and have a leisurely breakfast, before cruising off and taking our time. A spot of sitting in the sun by the lake and all that sort [View Full Entry]

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The W trek takes in the highlights of the park over 4 days of trekking - in surprisingly enough a rough W shape. The crucial issue for the wife being that you can stay in the mountain huts rather than camping. So less kit to carry and somewhere dry to sleep - to be fair probably not a bad call. We were walking from right to left taking in the towers on the first day before the cuernos on day 2, valle des france on 3 and glacier grey for the finale. All looked particularly stupendous. Weather look cloudy but ok [View Full Entry]

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On February 11, 2008 Tim and I left civilization for an 8 day trek through one of Chile´s National parks - Torres Del Paine, which is very close to Puerto Natalas. It was a very beautiful hike, but difficult. I think we both thought it was well worth it by the end and we met a lot of wonderful fellow hikers on the path. We passed through fields, up and down mountain sides, over many rivers and streams, some with sketchy bridges, others with none. The hike also consisted of very very fierce winds that reached nearly 100 km/hr if not [View Full Entry]

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Howdy ya´ll its about that time again. Ive done alot since I last posted so I have quite a few happy snaps to put up... So I may aswell start in order. First I was in the island of Chiloe....they have penguin colonies available to see by all....turns out I was doing my penguin impersonation all wrong...they hold their arms back, not by their side.....so ím lucky i´ve got all that sorted out... Theres alot of great seafood in this part of town. Ive taken a liking to crab, mussels and so forth. Which is nice, because now I am able [View Full Entry]

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Travelling days are rarely eventful, but this was one I was looking forward to. Today would take us away from Argentina and across the border to Chile. Waiting for us in Chile was (Fernando) Torres del Paine National Park and 4 days of trekking. I was like a coiled spring, the journey was going to be frustrating but I was desperate to get into the walking. We got picked up by a nice chap called either Fernando or Carlos, as we weren't quite sure which we called him Fernando Carlos to make sure. He looked like a cross between the lead [View Full Entry]

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Many people know Stephanie Jane Branston. However - many who are reading this blog won´t know her - but she is really very nice. Honestly. Just go with it please. Anyways - Stephanie Jane has been very helpful to Nathan and Lizzy on this trip. She has given us all sorts of helpful tips - primarily due to the fact that she came to the area we are visiting now at the end of last year. Stephanie says that her favourite places were Argentina - and Chile. In particularly the National Park of Torres Del Paine as well as a small [View Full Entry]

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Posledni den v El Calafate jsem stravil cekanim na autobus. Zkusil jsem proto dodelat resty a jit na internet napsat par radku. Ovsem najit v Calafate kavarnu kde by pocitace nebyly z doby pred dinosaury a rychlost pripojeni rychlejsi nez pred 10 lety je fakt problem. Tak se mi cinnost normalne trvajici 2 hodiny protahla na osum hodin a vystridal jsem postupne 4 kavarny cim dal zurivejsi. Nakonec se mi povedlo najit jednu kde aspon zmensovani obrazku probihalo normalni rychlosti. Potom jsem si sel vyzvednout letenku na budouci etapu do Buenos Aires, ale kancl byl plnej lidi, nekdo se tam hadal [View Full Entry]

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Tucked away in the southwest corner of Chile is Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. It´s a giant park situated around a group of mountains of other-world topography. There are two popular treks around the park, the first of which is the Circuito Grande. This takes roughly seven to ten days and provides near solitude among the farthest corners of the park. I opted for the ´W´, named for the trail´s shape on a map, which takes slightly less time and energy. At four to five days and more than 35 miles of trail, it would be an awesome venture into one [View Full Entry]

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Getting down to Patagonia, I quickly discovered, is not the easiest of things to do. For one thing, there aren't any roads south through Chile. The furthest south you can go by road in Chile is the Carretera Austral, which stops someway north of here. When I started looking at my options for coming here, they all seemed to be either expensive (flying), take a long time (by bus through Argentina) or both (the Navimag ferry from Puerto Montt). In the end I decided to fly - after all, I'm here to get out and experience Patagonia, not spend hours stuck [View Full Entry]

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Lentoni lahti, papereissa luki etta kentalla pitaa olla tuntia ennen. Tilasin Transfer-kyydin samalta firmalta, jolla olin tullut kentaltakin. Ensiksi ilmoitettiin etta minut haettaisiin klo 11.15. Aamulla selvisi etta hakuaika onkin valilla 11.20 - 11.40, ja aloin jo huolestua ehdinko ajoissa kentalle tai tuleeko kyyti ollenkaan. Kavin jo kysymassa hostellin tyontekijalta, kannattaisiko minun tilata taksi kentalle. No tilataksi tuli sitten klo 11.40 ja hyppasin sen kyytiin. Taksi teki viela pari lenkkia ympari kaupunkia ja poimi kaksi muutakin matkustajaa kyytiin. Meita tuli sitten kyytiin [View Full Entry]

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