Hostal Lili-Patagonico Puerto Natales

... the following morning and then found a hostel for the night. We took a walk around, got a bite to eat, some warm gloves and booked a tour for when we returned to Puerto Natales after our visit to El Calafate. We tried to book a return bus from El Calafate to Puerto Natales but was informed we had to do this when there. With most places shut until 3pm we decided to return ...

... provided more opportunity to meet people and I soon found myself eating meals with a like minded group of backpackers all heading to Puerto Natales with the intention of hiking the Torres Del Paine. There were a lot of Dutch people on the ship, the majority I would say, and our little group had several Dutch guys, an Australian, another British girl and an Israeli girl. It soon became apparant that I did not need to worry about defying the National Park's advice about hiking the trail alone.

... 2800 m high. When we could no longer feel our shins we walked back to a campsite and shared a salty cottage pie and wine with some other trakkers at a refugio. On the easier day two we hiked all the way to the edge of the park, spotting condors and flamingos but unfortunately no pumas, to catch the bus back into town. Another bus day followed as we travelled back over the border to El Calafate (6 hours) then transferred 5 hours later for a bus to El Chaltan (5 hours).

Nous revenons à Puerto Natales avec le bus dans l'après-midi. Cette fois nous avons une chambre réservée dans l'hostel Nancy. Nous rendons le matériel au magasin de location. La responsable nous fait grâce des tasses que j'ai perdues. Nous nous mettons au lit de bonne heure car le lendemain matin, notre bus pour El Calafate part à 8h30.<br>

We just got back from Torres Del Paine National Park in southern Patagonia last night. We had arrived in Puerto Natales on Monday and quickly scheduled a tour of the park for Tuesday. And since there is so little to do in the town of Puerto Natales, we decided to book a room at a hotel inside the park for a night (our hostel was so cheap, we left our luggage in our room there, and just took a backpack of necessities to hold us over for ...

... what when wrong. He had a gut instinct not to descend the other side but ignored it. Lessons learned.....If you trek abroad, no matter what, with people or without people, keep your travelers insurance emergency phone number and policy plan in your pocket in case of emergency. This was half the problem. And, always follow your gut instinct. I don´t have the pictures yet for this but will post them later. Sorry its so long just wanted to let everyone know the latest.

... directions. And our camping area was surrounded by grazing horses. Talk about Patagonia, wind, sun, horses and mountains! And it was starting to rain (even though it was sunny)! We quickly decided that sleeping in a tent that was likely to fold and of course leak did not seem like fun. Others who had pitched tents also bailed and moved to the local hotel. We decided to head back to town. On the way to the bus, we saw a group of hikers and as a gust picked ...

... Man Utd will face Barcelona in the other one. Yowzers.<br><br>After quickly checking my email we sorted out our laundry for tomorrow and had LONG, LUXURIOUS showers before heading out to grab some dinner!<br><br> <br><br>I was in a great mood, so happily agreed to go back to the fabulous pizza ...

... the gut. COME ON YOU RED MEN!<br><br>In the end, we were awesome, even if Inter had a weakened defence and we controlled the game comfortably. <br><br>It was 0-0 at half time, which was enough and half way through the second half Torres turned and scored with a great shot to give us an unassailable 3-0 aggregate advantage. Game Over! <br><br>We'd beaten the Champions Elect of Italy, who hadn't been beaten by anyone in 6 months, until we beat them TWICE ...