Patagonia Camp Torres del Paine

... a trek we hoped to complete in seven days. When we arrived, we were told that the northern part of the circuit was officially closed, meaning that none of the refugios (warm, indoor centers for various amenities at campsites) were open and that, if some emergency were to happen, people trekking up there were pretty much on their own. Also, there was apparently still pretty bad weather up there (the north side always gets more cold and snow than the south side). Only ...

... geen puma gezien, wel condors die zijn ook heel groot. Ik ontloop dan wel de winter in Europa maar het is hier ook winters, maar het was het ondanks de kou en sneeuw zeker waard.<br><br>Vandaag ben ik weer terug naar argentinie gegaan, naar El Calafate om precies te zijn. Van hieruit ga ik morgen naar de Perito Moreno gletsjer. Zodadelijk maar weer eens een steak eten.<br><br>groetjes,<br><br>Geert<br> <br>

... days...<br><br>Now get this. We wake up at an early 6 am in hopes of making an early morning hike to view the Torres at sunrise (the sunrise causes the Torres to be viewed as if they were painted Red), but it is to our surprise that there are 4 inches of snow on the ground and counting. Hello La Patagonia, how are you this morning? Fine? Well we are a bit cold and yet smilling as if it was Christmas morning!<br><br>The agenda for day 2 is a bit long. We have hopes of a 10 hour hike to ...

lever tot. on prend le bus direction le parc torres del paine.<br>on arrive vers 11h.<br>on doit ensuite prendre un bateau, ils appellent ca un catamaram ms cen est pas vraimt un.<br>le temps est un peu couvert, il ne fait pas chaud mais ca va, ca pourrait etre pire!!!<br>on est pas nombreux ds le bateau<br>le lago grey est dune couleur magnifique mais cest que le debut!<br><br>on rencontre Terry un quinquagenaire austarlien tress sympa ac qui on marchera et on campera.<br ...

... the world economy, capitalism, communism, football teams and why you can see a rainbow at Iguassu Falls when there is a full moon among other topics . They were all a lot of fun and while we could barely see the 3 towers through the fog and cloud, we had a great day out in spectacular surrounds.<br><br>On our final day in the national park, the weather was fantastic and we ...

... mud paths and we began following streams leading through colourful autumn trees. Of course, the further the path went up, the more the views expanded over the park, some gigantic bright blue and green lagoons came into view. The scenery was enough to take away the little breath that the wind left you.<br><br>We ended up walking through a number of woods, finally deciding to head back again after about 2 hours, before the sun started going down. The best bit of this ...

... man i am lucky you have to see this place. I did take tumble here when i was trying to slide down boulders like an idiot i just went right off my feet sliding down on my ****, that will teach me When we were near the end i was just hearing the rocky theme tune when he was running up the stairs, hilarious, but man did that first beer taste good, well the first sip i knocked the rest over- typical me

... at an estancia where you get a typical chilean asado (BBQ) before reaching Puerto Natales again. Puerto Natales is a small fisherman´s town at the shores of the fjord Ultima Esperenza where once or twice a week the Navimag ferry leaves up the chilean fjords to Puerto Montt (4 days journey - about 500 USD). There are some good fish restaurants here (mainly mussels and salmon), a relief after all that Argentinian beef ...

... ranges to a nearby lakeside, stunning scenery where the photos do the talking - coming back via waterfalls and lookouts. Then we drove south towards the Chilean park administration centre (CONAF) to learn more about the park´s geology. I´d been a silly boy this day - first, I´d left my water flask on-board the connecting bus, never to be retrieved; and now at CONAF, I´d left my 80 pound sunglasses on the table whilst I reached over to get my ...

... drive through the park itself to the campsite at Pehoe was marvellous. We saw lots of Vicuna and a fox. We got to the campsite and booked in. (http://campingpehoe.com/index.html) We had made all our booking 8 or 9 months beforehand and could not get a hotel for the first night no matter how hard we tried. This was easy camping though as we hired a tent, bags and sleeping mats. The ...