Buenos Aires/Iguazu/Patagonia: Days 17 to 20 - Torres del Paine and the "W" circuit


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March 2nd 2013
Published: March 7th 2013
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Following our break in El Calafate we headed west to Chile and the famous Torres del Paine national park. We got picked up by our bus at 5am. The trip across the border was loaded with vast arid landscapes speckled with occasional sitings of rhea (large ostrich like birds) and guancos (wild llamas). After ~6 hrs of driving with occasional bathroom breaks and view stops (one of which we saw the "d... Read Full Entry



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First views of the glacier...
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Cloudy day, made it feel like we were hiking through the Misty mountains...
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Why build a new bridge when you can patch up the old one..?
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Made it, and we are done with the hiking!
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Hiking essentials... a good backpack, trusty hiking poles, water and hand sanitizer
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Icebergs!!
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We felt this glacier was not as impressive as the Perito Moreno, but it did have some cool formations
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Back on land, done with the "W"!



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