Cisne De Cuello Negro Puerto Natales

... managed to haul myself up to the bridge (not actually a bridge, but, in maritime terminology, the area where the Captain of the ship sits and stears, or helms, the ship. Also where there are lots of machines that go ping!) I couldnt really appreciate the full splendor of the surroundings.<br><br>With some relief we arrived at Puerto Natales on Monday, kissed the blessed solid ground and began to look forward to the wonder of the Torres del ...

... of waiting around the next day in Punta Arenas and finally we were on our way home. Warm Santiago!!! Stats of the weekend : Days of rain: 3/5 , Nights where I was warm : 0/5 , Times I cried: 3, One can of coffee drank and one bottle of Pisco (pisco colas yum , pisco and juice yum, pisco and coffee ew) Amazing trip that for a few reasons I will never be able to do again! Good times with lots and lots of laughs. CRAzzzyyyy - Thanks for the Merralls dad!!!

... of attack was to quick march to the first check point at Glacier Grey. <br><br>The first hour was the worst! Not much fun scrambling up over loose rocks in the heat of the midday sun. It was a long hot sweaty climb, but we got there within 3.5 hours &#8211; on par with the forecast. Well done to the person who invented trekking poles, I would have fallen over many times without them! Apart from the flies, the campsite was great, situated on the shores of Lago Grey with huge ...

... just looked serenely beautiful. The park is centered around a very compact mountain range (you can walk around it in a week) with a glacier slicing its way down one side, and lakes of varying shades of blue that collect the water from the numerous glaciers. We got off the bus and the first steps we took were to look for Michael´s sunnies that had been blown off his head in the wind. Then we wandered around somewhere as no one ...

... or wearing every item of clothing to keep warm... shelly, my buddy and i, got on really well and discovered the joys of boxed wine on the hike, which we could buy from refugios along the way... there was a stange humbling sensation being somewhere so vast amd unforgiving it was competely overwhelming and really a wicked few days of physical exhausting, great company a stunning setting... (basically i liked it!) and then there was Ushuaia ....

... devaient être bien à l'aise. :) Ça avait donc bien commencé, mais plus nous nous enfoncions dans le parc plus le vent était fort, accompagné de pluie et autres joyeusetés. Finalement pour aller voir le trop plein d'un lac se déversant dans l'autre, promenade de 10 minutes normalement, nous avons mis 40 minutes en nous faisant jeter à terre et décaper le visage par un mélange d'eau et de sable volant à l'horizontale. Après ça, frigorifiés et fatigués, le reste du tour s ...

Le Parc National Torres del Paine se situe au nord de la ville de Puerto natales. Je reste deux nuits dans cette ville/port pour me preparer au trek de renomee international dans ce parc. Les previsions meteo sont mauvaises mais le premier jour de trek meme legerement pluvieux se passe bien. Les vetements sechent avec le vent fort qui y souffle. La fin d apres midi est meme ensoleillee. La mauvaise nouvelle est que le col sur la route est ferme a cause de trop forte ...

... and nothing - the weather is ****** and you can hardly see the peaks never mind see a change in colour. All I can see is grey, grey and more grey which always seems to be the colour at the top of peaks in the Andes for me anyhow. But at least the soup was tasty. Back down to the tent again and straight back into bed. You can´t win them all. (As an aside this was the spot where the Irish kid died last year (you will be well familiar with it Rose I suppose) - we ...

Hey everyone, So I am skipping ahead for the time being to let you all know what I have been up to the past week as it has been an interesting couple days. I have just returned back from Torture and Pain, I mean Torres del Paine near Puerto Natales, Chile, in Patagonia. Torres del Paine is the national park down here and its famous for its glacier and three huge towers. This is a very popular hike amongst travelers and can either be what they call the W which is ...

... very unlike me.<br><br>I came to the following mathematic algorithm: <br><br>Bloody hard climb + wet ground + no stars (clouds) + steep hills + loose underfoot - potentially stunning views - feeling like a wuss - Olly telling me it was amazing = STAY IN BED. <br><br>Ok, so it's not exactly the De ...