South Wind Hostel Puerto Natales

... pour le parc)<br>3h de bus<br>on se retrve ds le meme hotel qun quebecois philipp<br>on va fre nos petits achats pour 4 jours: tente en location, matelas, rechaud, casserolette, et bouffe ( in extremis encore car on fait nos courses a 9h du soir, et ds le parc y a rien pour acheter a manger, tu asn plus qua fre flamber la carte pour manger ds les refuges et non merciiii!)<br>on mange ts ...

... at hostels. It didnt occur to me until Ryan decided that he had to buy me a backpack and that I left my hairdryer at home that we were going camping. As I read the chapter I became more and more scared. I had never read the words under the pictures where I had to hike for hours a days in a row while sleeping on the ground just to see these things. We arrived in Punta Arenas a very southern town, with a huge duty free shopping zone. Once we found our ...

... And unbelievably, it only rained on one night. When we got back to town, the hostel owner said that we were the only people this season to have 5 days without rain. I must be in some serious karmic debt, so am prepared to get mugged or hit by a bus or something in the next few days. Now I have few days to rest my feet (and catch up on sleep and decent food) and then I`ll head South into Tierra del Fuego, the land of fire.

... to hike or prefering shorter hikes, the possibility was offered to return to Camp Lago Pehoe or even to take the shuttle bus down to Puerto Natales and visit some other places instead. Let´s start with the W - this is the most famous hike in the park and is 4 days long, spending the nights either in campgrounds (brrr that´s a cold option) or in refugios. Day 1: Boat trip across Lago Pehoe to Refugio Paine Grande, then ...

... off Jules at her hostel. Drive to Puerto Natales How do you get to Puerto Natales from Punta Arenas? Follow the road. Yep, there's pretty much just one road for the entire three-hour trip, and it goes through some of the most remote and desolate landscape imaginable. Luckily, the road is fairly new and paved, so we made pretty good time, even though most of the drive was in the dark. We arrived in Puerto Natales, and despite the small size of the ...

... made friends with a Swedish couple who had been hiking the same route as us, and who had shared our room in the hostel in Puerto Natales before hitting the trail. Day three wasn't much easier, with 25 km to the last highlight of the so-called "W" route: Grey Glaciar. We camped on a beach and watched the icebergs float by as we made our dinner, and were amazed by the enormous glacier only a few minutes' walk away. After a short mid-day ...

... The thing is, welding aluminum, which is what the radiator is made or, requires different equipment than welding steel, and my hunch is the last guy didn't realize it was aluminum until later, then did a ********** job with glue. Herman didn't have aluminum welding stuff. We tried a different epoxy which didn't work, and then I went into my own toolkit and pulled out something that might: a stick of putty-looking stuff called JB Weld. I had ...

... komt en ied**een bij haar een briefje inlev**d... ik heb niets dus rest ** mij niets and**s dan te zeggen dat ik ** ook ben, maar dan wel zond** briefje. Geen probleem volgens de assistente. Geen probleem in zov**re dat ik nu dus wel als laatste aan de beurt ben (t**wijl ** in principe 1 wachtende voor mij was). Na 2:45 wachten ben ik dan eindelijk als all**laatste aan de beurt (op dit punt ben ik ** eigenlijk al wel ...

... with the Italian guy at all, either did he with me. We had a cabin with bunk beds, without windows and the moment he walked into the cabin he complained. However the journey through the Channels surrounded by snow cap mountains was brilliant. I spent most of my time on the bridge which was interesting and I learnt plenty about mapping and using the radars etc. It was however late on the 2nd day that we sailed our way through to the pacific ocean and this is where the fun ...

... pleasant day of relaxation, not taking ANY photos and more importantly not WALKING more than a few blocks! <br><br>Tomorrow sees us go back to El Calafate for the night, then we fly up to Buenos Aires for 6 days or so, which we are really looking forward to. <br><br>I'm really hoping that we're able to see a Boca Juniors game because Katie's buying me one of their team tops/jerseys for my birthday! Lucky boy ;) <br><br><br>Lots of love, <br><br><br>Al &amp; Katie xx