Hosteria Las Torres Torres del Paine

... down here, called a chacarrero (I think), consisting of a beef steak on toasted buns with mayo, tomatoes, and green beans. For some reason, the green beans make it SO good. Also, I was very hungry. But really, the sandwich was delicious. I cannot rave about the combo enough.<br><br>Anyway, we then caught a 3-hour bus to Puerto Natales, the closest major town serving the Torres del Paine national park (Torres del Paine = Towers of Blue). After wandering the very cold ...

... een groep die met Dragoman een georganiseerde reis deed en daarvan ging wel een aantal mee naar boven. Met de groep van dragoman ben ik de rest van de dagen ook opgetrokken. <br> Na de top te hebben bereikt zagen we op de weg terug nog een lawine, heel spectaculair. Het klinkt als onweer en er onstaat een enorme wolk sneeuw. Eenmaal aangekomen in los cuernos was dat een blokhut in de bergen met een heel ...

... Italiano, but are cut short due to high head winds (closing on 100kmh), cold temps and horizantal rain. Prior to the hellatious weather, we enjoy a relaxing stroll through a winter wonderland and then to be a mudslide of a descent down the very same trail that we were sweating on the day before. At lunchtime, we bid farewell to Joe, who was only able to join for one night, and we continued west to camp. <br><br>Upon arrival to campsite at Refugio Cuernos (cuernos = horns in spanish), we ...

... nous continons ac chritsoph pour las torres, le camping ets gratuit et ns permet dacceder au super point de vue 1h plus loin sur los tres torres (tois pics a 2800m)<br>une bonne journee... je pose juste mon sac aux aletours de 17h au campemt et je grimpe seule au mirador 1h de montee (ou descalde car ca grimpe dur) christoph est fatigue et reste un jr de plus dc pourra le visiter le lendemain...<br>la montee est rude: parfois tu dois marcher ds le lit de la rieviere ...

... forcing us to take off all the hats/gloves/coats etc we had put on during the wind/rain), and then just as everything was sorted we noticed some small white specks landing on the tent - snow!! Unfortunately (though probably luckily as well) it never really amounted to more than a few spots. <br><br>During lunch we watched as badly done tents got blown around and prayed that with our the weight of our bags we would find ours in the same place and position as we had ...

... as he wasnt feeling up to it, which meant i had to carry his part of the 3 men tent, so my pack got heavier rather then lighter from the consumption of food. There were some pretty tough aspects especially the fourth day going up steep hills with that pain in the **** bag, but it was worth it to see the sunrise over the torres, pretty dodge as we were scrambling over rocks in the dark with my ...

... and tens of dogs followed with us, it was like we were queens of the land. We returned to the campsite to roast a whole lamb and drink a copious amount of Chillean wine...on previous nights we even toasted marshmellows on the camp fire, delicous. This evening we have arrived to Puerto Natales, and tomorrow we cross back into Argentina from Chile to go to El Calafate. Can´t stop pinching myself at how inspiring Patagonia is, it´s a wintry paradise.