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Published: December 9th 2013
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Monday 25
thNovember (Odyssey Day 17)
Today we moved camp from Camping Pehoe, to Camping Torres, though I’m not sure if that is actually the name of the campsite or not as there weren’t really many signs around.
On the way over to the other campsite, we stopped to take some pictures of a herd of guanacos. Quite a large group of them, and seeing them stand up and lay down, they really reminded me of camels (which I believe are part of the same family).
When we arrived at the new campsite we set up our tents by a small stream and then relaxed for lunch. Unfortunately, when the manager of the camp said ‘set your tents up anywhere’ he didn’t actually
mean ‘anywhere’… So we had to move. Since it was only a couple hundred meters up the road, someone had the brilliant idea of just pulling out the tent stakes, picking it up and carrying it to the new spot. Truthfully, it actually would have been far easier to just take down the tents, roll them up, move
them that way and the set them up again, but it seems we all chose he hard way of picking them up and moving them, trying not to let the bottom drag on the ground. The last thing we need here is a hole in the bottom of the tent.
It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Everyone was happy to relax and have a couple of beers while reading in the sun. Well, the British all sought to sit in the sun, while a few of us were more sensible and found some shade…
The picnic tables and chairs here are a little unstable. Too light and you need to have someone sitting opposite to balance it out, something Emma and Simon discovered when they both sat on the same side and ended up on the ground. Very unstable. Andrew did the same just a short time later, and I’m sure I will see it again. As long as I don’t do it myself…
The evening was a very casual one with some music and a few drinks before
Torres del Paine - Camping Torres
Emma & Simon testing the stability of the tables dinner and card games after. It was a good place to simply enjoy the scenery and each other’s company.
Of course, it was dark by the time I headed off to have a shower and just my luck that there were no lights at all in the bathroom. Makes a guessing game of what is the shampoo and what is the moisturiser – but at least we have hot running water again (twice in a row too!).
I did however manage to get lost going back to my tent. There was more than one path and it looked different from that direction! And then of course I realised I forgot my glasses in the shower rooms and had to go back. And then I got lost on my way back to the tent. Again. And managed to twist my ankle. The less said about it all, the better, I think…
Tuesday 26
th November (Odyssey Day 18)
Today was our full day at the new campsite and while most
Torres del Paine - Camping Torres
With the mountain and the towers behind elected to do a day hike up the mountain to the viewpoint that is the last leg of the W trek, I decided to stay on relatively level ground and spent a few hours walking around the various campsites. It was a very large and quite beautiful area and full of birds and large hares that didn’t seem to be too shy of people.
You can see the towers that are the area’s main attraction from the camp, and they keep changing with the different light.
The people who had done the W trek started arriving back in camp from lunch time. They had been up really early to see the towers with the dawn, which is apparently the best view you can get of them. Part of the reason people spend the night up there. I have to agree that the photos I have seen of it are amazing.
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