The packing and trip has started
30. Dezember 2018 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
SLEEP IN Sao Paulo
30. Dezember 2018 in Brasilien ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Finally arrived in Sao Paulo.
11hour trip. All Good 😎
Flight to Santiago across the Andes
31. Dezember 2018 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
What a hectic flight. 60min delay in Sao Paulo and only landed 1500 in Santiago.
Then a taxi to Valparisio. We were always worried about this leg of the trip. Leave Johannesburg on 30 Dec and partyWeiterlesen
Valparaiso
31. Dezember 2018 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
‘Valparaíso, how absurd you are. You haven’t combed your hair, you’ve never had time to get dressed, life has always surprised you.’ -Pablo Neruda
Valparisio
1. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Biggest year-end party in South America. 25min firework display.
Met up with Abdool.
Punta Arenas
1. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
3hour flight from Santiago.
Right on the southern tip of Chile. Town is grey, windy and cold. Most shops are closed as its 1 Jan. Very clean
Purento Natales
2. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
3 hour bus drive from Punta Arenas to our base.
Lovely town with great restaurants. Ate vegitarian at El Living.
Received our briefing from Ricci
W Trek D1 Mirador de las Torres
3. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Day 1 of W Trek
22km in distance and 1.2km in altitude. Huge climb to Glacier Torres
Horses are used to carry supplies in garbage out.
Refugio Torre Central is 5 star.
Incredible cloud formation atWeiterlesen
W Trek D2 Torre Central to Domo Frances
4. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
17km trek along Lago Nordenskjold
High winds in excess of 60km/h
Beautiful turquoise lagoon
Pizza on the way at Refugio Cuernos
Domo Fraces use plastic domes for huts.
Very interesting and the bestWeiterlesen
W Trek D3 Paine Grande
5. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
Long day.
"The is no bad weather in Patagonia;
Only bad equipment and bad attitude"
We decided to hike up to Outlook Britanica on the way the Paine Grande.
Absolute enchanting forest walk but theWeiterlesen
W Trek D4 Trek to Glacier Grey
6. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
Long walk with horrendous weather but what a climax to the walk.
11.2km walk to Camp Grey with extreme cold and rain.
Arrived at Camp Grey and then did the 13km return trip past the 2 hangingWeiterlesen
W Trek D4 Glacier Grey
6. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌬 3 °C
Absolutely the highlight of the hike.
Like a huge living creature Glacier Grey stretches as far as the eye can see.
W Trek D5 Paine Grande & Boat
7. Januar 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
11km walk back to Paine Grande
Catamaran across Lagos Pehoe
Bus back to Nalates 😁
Happiness..... Gin&Tonics here we come.
5 days of the best hiking, Refugios and food compared to other hikes.
El Calafte
8. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
6 hours in the bus to El Calafate.
Farewell to Yaxim and Andrew our adopted UK kids.
After 6 days of shared bedrooms and bathroom the next 2 days is a reprieve at Design Suites before we hit the roadWeiterlesen
Glacier Perito Moreno
9. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Interesting day at Glacier Perito Moreno, Lago Argentino and the Glaciarium.
The Glacier is HUGE and you constantly hear the ice breaking and imploding.
Road to El Chalten
10. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Dinner at Casimiro Bigura. Traditional sheep on spit.... 😋
The jungle gym is on Lago Argentino. Our careers paths are suppose to be like a jungle gym; but then there are jungle gyms and then thereWeiterlesen
El Chalten D1 Cerro / Laguna Torre
11. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
26.5km "warmup walk" to Cerro Torre
El Chalten D2 Sunrise walk to Fitz Roy
12. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
27km and 8 hours starting at 0030 but Fitz Roy didnt want to show itself; always hidding behind a cloud
El Chalten D3 Glacier Piedras Blancas
13. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
2nd attempt. 26km walk to the east of Fitz Roy to Glacier Piedras Blanca
El Chalten D4 Corrillo del Salto
14. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Final sunrise attempt to see Fitz Roy covered in red. No luck but at least the sunrise was lovely.
Completed the day with a walk to the waterfall Corrillo del Salto
Back to El Calafate
15. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Back in the bus for a 3 hour trip to El Calafate.
Staying in a hotel on a working ranch
Perito Moreno hike
16. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Buenos Aires : Caminito
18. Januar 2019 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Hotel Pullman Sao Paulo
19. Januar 2019 in Brasilien ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Reisender
Where's the washing machine? 😉
ReisenderFlip dit gaan n amazing trip wees !! Geniet elke oomblik