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South American Adventure
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  • Mark Wade
lokak. 2024 – toukok. 2025

South American Adventure

This epic eight-month overlanding trip through South America has been a long time in the planning! We will be visiting Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. Exciting times! 😊 Lue lisÀÀ
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    Waterfall stop

    10. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☁ 12 °C

    We stopped to take a short walk to a waterfall.  Mark didn't feel up to it, so I took the big camera.  It was lovely to see yet more wild fuschia and foxgloves, as well as other unidentified native flora.Lue lisÀÀ

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    The drive continues

    10. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We continued our drive south through the Chilean Patagonian fjords. It's cherry season here at the moment, so there are lovely black morello cherries available to buy every time we step off the truck. At US$1 - 2 per kilo, we are eating rather a lot!

    We stopped for lunch in a small town. Unlike yesterday, there was actually a selection of open shops where we could buy something decent to eat! Mark had a beef and egg empanada and I had a sandwich I had made at breakfast. We both had an ice cream for dessert.

    Once we arrived in the city of Coyhaique, we stopped at a supermarket. This would be our last chance to shop before crossing back into Argentina, so three cook groups had to shop and Nikki needed to do a bulk shop for the truck. The rest of us took the opportunity to stock up on food and drink at Chilean prices, rather than the considerably higher Argentine ones.

    I have no idea how we managed to get everything on the truck for the short drive to the campsite! Bags filled the aisle. We were all nursing something or other!

    We were staying at a small rural site. It was very tight to get the truck on, but Ritchie managed it! Once we were on, we set up our tents while Nikki stowed all the supplies. There was some sketchy WiFi, so I managed to reply to a message Gill sent a couple of days ago. When the cook group started their prep, I cut up the canteloupe melon we had bought to go with Serrano ham for lunch tomorrow.

    While we were doing this, Barbara's nephew, Ewan, showed up. She had arranged for him to join us for the night. He is currently travelling out independently to through South America. He has been cycling up to now, but he sold his bike this afternoon, so he will be continuing by hitchhiking.

    We had quinoa salad with chicken for dinner. I thought it was tasty - Mark wasn't so keen! Matt is the latest to fall victim to the dreaded lurgi! He skipped dinner in an attempt to sleep it off. Nikki reminded us all to wash our hands to stay well!! That's the least of it!

    After dinner, I had a shower and then we turned it in. We left most of the others drinking and chatting.    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Drive to Rio Tranquilo

    11. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☀ 11 °C

    I didn't wake up until the alarm went off at 6.30am.  It wasn't as cold this morning and I could have easily slept for longer.  Instead, it was the usual routine of tents down, fried egg sandwiches for breakfast, pack up, and back on the road for 8am.  

    Emmanuelle and a couple of others had ended up going dancing in Coyhaique last night.  They didn't get back to camp until 3.45am!  Those days are long gone ...

    We said our goodbyes to Ewan and headed south on the Carretera Austral towards Rio Tranquilo.  We had 217 kilometres to go.  The first half of the journey would be on paved roads.  The second half would be on unfinished surfaces and, consequently, would be much slower going.

    It was much cloudier this morning than we've been used to.  The landscapes looked moody against the black skies.  As the weather brightened as slightly, we drove along the banks of a river where there were glorious swathes of vivid blue lupins growing wild.

    We had a couple of toilet stops and a stop at a magnificent viewpoint.  I should have got the big camera out - I don't think the phone pictures will do it justice.

    The drive continued into the afternoon.  We were going at a snail's pace on the unmade road.  We drove past lakes and crossed rivers that were all a lovely turquoise colour due to the minerals in the surrounding rocks.

    At one point, we were overtaken by a pick-up truck with Ewan sitting in the back!  At least Barbara knows he got at least one lift today!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Still making very slow progress!

    11. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☀ 17 °C

    The slow progress and dull, humid conditions made everyone on the truck subdued and lethargic this afternoon.  We all had lunch on the move.  We had followed our melon and ham with cup-a-soup made on board with hot water in our flask that we had 'stolen' from breakfast.  It was a risky business!

    The final 24 kilometres to our campsite was extremely tedious and slow.  It was also very bumpy and so dusty that we had to keep the windows closed and turn the truck into a sweatbox!  The scenery as we drove by the lake was stunning, but we were all too tired to be bothered to take photos!

    Eventually, we arrived at Camping Bella Vista which turned out to be a bit of a dump with broken-down vehicles littering the place and chickens running around everywhere!  It was also very busy!!  In the last hour of the journey, I had made up my mind to try for an upgrade, but there was no chance!  The lady running the site had seriously overbooked.  She had no rooms left, and we just had to squeeze our tents in where we could.  We found a small piece of flat ground behind the shower blocks and got ourselves organised.

    The news then just got better!  The reason for our 12-hour drive to get here was to visit the Marble Caves, either by kayaking or by taking a boat trip.  We had opted to do the three-hour boat trip in the morning.  However, on arrival, we were told that the authorities had closed the lake at 3.30pm this afternoon due to adverse weather conditions.  It is unlikely to reopen tomorrow.  Great!!  Such a difficult journey - and all for nothing!  We were disappointed, to say the least!  We were also told that the much longed-for laundry service was not available either as rain is forecast and they will not be able to dry it!  So, I got on with some hand washing while Mark went to help the cook group.  After the fiasco the other night, Marina had asked Mark to cook the rice for her group - just to prove that his efforts had been deliberately sabotaged!

    Dinner was ready at 8.30pm.  We had the rice with creamy pepper chicken and mixed veg.  It was perfectly fine (and everyone agreed the rice was the best we'd had on the truck!), but it was late and blowing a gale, so none of us lingered too much afterwards!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    A day at Bella Vista Campsite

    12. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    I woke up early when I heard rain on the tent.  I quickly got up to get the washing in.  Luckily, it was mostly dry.  Breakfast wasn't until 8.30am as we had nowhere to go and nothing to do.  Mark offered to make egg-fried rice with the leftover rice from last night.  It went down well and proved a point again!

    After breakfast, I went to find a spot in the communal area where I could charge up our electronics and start to catch up on posts and journal entries.  I didn't get too far, but I made a start!  I spent the whole day in there.  Mark ventured into town at one point in search of cold drinks.  He bought the only two cans of Coke Zero in the entire town.  He reported back that I hadn't missed anything by not going!  It appears that the town has little in the way of attractions if the Marble Caves are not accessible!

    For dinner this evening, the cook group prepared sausages, cheesy mash, and barbecue beans.  It was all very good.  There was plenty of mash left over.  I will use it to make potato cakes for breakfast then day after tomorrow.

    Mark was in a lot of pain, so he turned it in straight after dinner.  I sat in the communal area for a while chatting to Solenne, Rich, Derek, and Barbara about the ongoing saga that is the relationship between our leader and one of the passengers.    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Drive back to Argentina

    13. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ 🌙 8 °C

    We had an early start after a very cold night!  Despite us both wearing everything we own, we were still freezing!  After a cold breakfast of hard-boiled eggs and bread, we were on the road and heading out of Rio Tranquilo by 7am.

    We had a long way to go today, much of it on unmade roads, so progress was slow.  The scenery of vivid blue lakes with a backdrop of snow-capped mountains was spectacular!  I didn't take many photos as I was sitting on the wrong side of the truck.    Lue lisÀÀ

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    The drive continues

    13. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

    Our first goal was to get to the town of Chile Chico 120 kilometres away in time for a lunch stop.  It was very, very slow going!  Before we got there, we stopped at a viewpoint to take photos of the Laguna Verde which was absolutely stunning!

    We finally arrived in Chile Chico at 2.30pm!  We were given until 3.30pm to buy what we wanted and have something to eat.  We took the opportunity to stock up on more drinks and snacks at Chilean prices rather than Argentine ones!

    We then drove the short distance to the border.  Exiting Chile went quickly and smoothly.  Getting into Argentina took a little longer, but it wasn't too bad.

    After crossing the border, we continued to drive along the banks of the same lake, but the name had now changed to Lago Buenos Aires.  We drove 60 kilometres to a supermarket.  Here, three cook groups needed to shop, so it took a while.  We just had to get some fresh ingredients to supplement our store cupboard dinner.  

    We were now on the other side of the Andes in Argentine Patagonia.  The landscape was notably flatter, and it was much windier.  We can expect similar conditions for the next couple of weeks.

    Once we had shopped, we drove the short distance to the small town of Perito Moreno, where we set up camp in a field with access to one toilet.  It wasn't a bad place, but it was blowing a gale!!  Mark set up our tent while I got to work chopping veg for my pasta sauce.  We managed to produce a meal for 36 people by 9pm, just an hour after arriving on site!  Everyone said it was tasty.

    After clearing up, we went to bed, but not before Nikki had told us that the Cave of Hands that we should have been visiting in the morning is closed!  There is a pattern developing here - long drive days and nothing to see at the end of them!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Drive to El Chalten

    14. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ☁ 7 °C

    We didn't sleep too badly despite the biting cold!  It was 7.15 breakfast and 8am departure this morning, so I was up at 6.30 to organise breakfast while Mark dealt with our tent.  We did potato cakes made with the leftover mash from the other night with fried tomatoes and reheated beans.  It went down very well and was just what the doctor ordered on a cold morning!

    Back in the road, we continued our long drive south.  The landscape continued to be largely flat and barren, but there were some interesting cloud formations.  We saw lots of wild vicuna, which was exciting for the newbies, but not so much for those of us who have been on the truck since Colombia!

    The road surface was smooth, so we could at least get some miles done.

    After a couple of hours, we had one of Ritchie's mystery stops.  It was at the tiny outpost of Baja Caracoles stuck in the middle of nowhere.  Inside the hotel was a quirky shop which sold everything at highly inflated prices.  We didn't buy anything, but we did change some Chilean pesos for Argentine ones.

    At 2pm, we stopped in the town of Gobenador Gregores for our hour-long lunch break.  It felt like Groundhog Day - it was very similar to the town of we stopped in yesterday.  We made some egg mayo sandwiches and had bananas we had kept from breakfast.

    After lunch, the drive continued.  We ran out of paved road, so the afternoon was much bumpier than the morning.  It was another relentless drive day!  Apart from a few minutes when we drove past a lake, the landscape remained largely unchanged.

    We finally arrived at our campsite in El Chalten at around 8pm.  There were camping pods available here as upgrades, but at US$40 extra per night for a wooden cabin with just two beds and a small heater, we had decided not to bother.  However, it was blowing an absolute gale when we arrived and we were struggling to get our tent up.  Just as we thought we'd succeeded, the pop-up mechanism broke!  Unable to fix it in the howling wind, we had little choice but to ask about an upgrade.  Luckily, we got the last available pod!  We packed the tent away to deal with in the morning and went to check in.  Yes, it's basic.  Yes, it's expensive.  But for protection from the elements and a few good nights' sleep, it is worth every penny!!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Exploring El Chalten

    15. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ 🌧 5 °C

    We were comfortable in our pod and we both slept well.  I woke up because of rain on the roof and was doubly grateful for the pod!

    Breakfast was at 8am this morning.  Nikki made French toast for everyone.  It was raining, so everything was a bit soggy!  It did brighten up so that we could make sandwiches for our packed lunches, though.  We were glad of any food available as the restaurants, bars, shops, and cafes here in El Chalten are notoriously expensive.

    El Chalten is in Los Glaciares National Park.  The main attraction here is to explore the trails surrounding the iconic peaks of Mt Fitzroy and Cerro Torre.  We were not sufficiently motivated to go trekking.  I would rather spend the majority of our time here catching up on my online stuff.

    We ventured into town this morning to drop off some laundry and to have a look around.  It's full of expensive boutiques and designer shops.  There's little to interest us.

    Back on site, I settled in the refugio to do some work and Mark worked on fixing our tent.  It took him a good few hours, but he managed to repair it!  Fingers crossed it holds up for the rest of the trip.

    I spent all day on my notes, photos, and posts.  By the end of the afternoon, I had almost caught up - on Penguins entries at least!

    For some unknown reason, dinner wasn't until 8pm!  Mark was called on to police the gas bottle situation and change it over only when the original was absolutely empty.  I went to pick up the washing while he was doing this!  Dinner was chicken curry and rice.  There were vegetables in it and, unfortunately, all I could taste was cauliflower!

    It was blowing a gale and absolutely freezing, so we returned to our pod straight after dinner.  This is summer!!  Goodness knows how cold it gets in winter!  Apparently, everything just shuts down from April to October!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    A day on site

    16. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ☁ 6 °C

    Breakfast was at 8am today.  A lot of people had already set off on day hikes, so there were fewer of us to fight over a few hard fried eggs and some ham and cheese to make sandwiches for lunch!

    After breakfast, we went back to the pod.  We had showers and Mark went into town in search of tissues.  Other than that, we spent the day indoors.  I didn't get as much done as yesterday as the internet connection was rubbish!

    Before dinner, I finally got our money back from Nikki for our upgrade in Santiago.  It more than covered our upgrade here, so that was a bonus!

    Dinner was pork stir fry with noodles which was nice.  Afterwards, we went back to the pod and watched some old sitcoms!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Drive to El Calafate

    17. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ 🌬 11 °C

    I was up several times during the night, so I was knackered when the alarm went off!  The cook group had prepared toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches for breakfast which went down well.  Unfortunately, there weren't enough to go round - either they didn't make enough, or people were greedy and took more than one each.  I think it was probably the latter!

    We were on the road by 8am and retracing the route we came in on the other day.  The mountains around El Chalten were beautiful in the morning sunshine, but it soon clouded over and we were driving through miles of desolate scrubland.

    At 9.45am, we stopped for a toilet and coffee stop at Hotel La Leona where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid holed up for several days in 1905 when they were on the run after robbing two banks in Rio Gallegos.

    The hotel is in the famous Route 40 which we have been driving on and off throughout our time in Argentina.  It forms the spine of the country and is 5194 kilometres long.  It runs through 14 national parks, 26 natural reserves, 41 border crossings, 11 of the 24 Argentine provinces, 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 13 ski resorts, 18 rivers, and 236 bridges.  It connects more than 200 towns and cities.  It runs parallel to the Andes mountain range and is the longest road in Argentina, as well as being one of the longest in the world.    Lue lisÀÀ

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    The drive continues

    17. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ☁ 13 °C

    After our stop, we continued to drive along route 40 towards El Calafate arriving there at about 12.30pm.  We were too early to check in to our hostel (we had upgraded to a private room), so we waited in reception taking advantage of the free WiFi until we could get our key at just after 2pm.

    Once we had dumped our stuff and dropped off our laundry, we walked into town to have a late lunch/early dinner.  All of these Patagonian towns look very similar with lots of expensive designer shops and bijou restaurants.  The difference here was that it was much warmer than we have been used to over the past few days!

    We went to Tablita parilla restaurant as recommended in my Lonely Planet guidebook.  We thought we should have steak seeing as we are in Argentina.  Mark had rib eye and I had rump.  We shared a salad and a portion of homemade chips.  It was all absolutely delicious, but expensive at US$100.  We can't afford to eat like that every day!

    Argentina is generally very expensive.  The economy and political situation are both in a mess.  I really don't know how local people are coping.

    After lunch, we walked back to the hostel and spent the evening doing posts.  We also used the strong WiFi to watch the final ever episode of Gavin and Stacey which was shown in the UK on Christmas Day.  It was so good!!  Great writing and the perfect end to a story that started 17 years ago!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    A trip to Perito Moreno Glacier

    18. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    The Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park 80 kilometres from El Calafate is one of the main tourist attractions in Argentine Patagonia and the reason most people stop off in El Calafate. It covers an area of 250 square kilometres (larger than the city of Buenos Aires) and is 30 kilometres in length. Perito Moreno is one of 48 glaciers that are fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and is the 3rd largest reserve of freshwater in the world. It is a very expensive place to visit, but we felt we couldn't be here and not see it, so we booked on to a trip run by the hostel. The price was $US60 per person plus 45 dollars each for entrance to the national park, and an extra 60 dollars each for a boat trip to the face of the glacier.

    We were up for breakfast at 6.30 (just coffee and toast) and were ready for the 7.30am pick-up. We were swapping our overlanding truck for a better one, driven by Gustavo and guided by Juan. We left El Calafate on gravel tracks, the historic route of the ranches. The tour focused on the fauna and wildlife in the area and we had several stops along the way into the glacier.

    We saw wild hares with black and white ears, small grey foxes, guanacos (a type of llama, rheas, and lots of birds. It wasn't easy to photograph all of these even with the big camera, so I am adding some downloaded images to this footprint.

    We also got to try calafate berries (the town is named after them) which grow wild all over the area. They are from the same family as blueberries but are much more sour. I liked them!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Coffee stop

    18. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ☁ 12 °C

    We drove across land belonging to Estancia Anita, the largest ranch in Argentine Patagonia before stopping at the Rio Miter Inn for coffee and toilets. They had a pet goat called Camilla that our group member, Camille, got to feed!

    Shortly after leaving the Rio Miter, we saw a genuine Argentine gaucho with his horses!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    A walk on the shores of Lago Argentina

    18. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ☁ 14 °C

    At the entrance to the park, we showed our tickets and then drove on to the shores of the lake, where we got our first view of the southern face of the glacier. It was truly magnificent!

    We parked the truck and walked for an hour around the lake, taking photos as we went.Lue lisÀÀ

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    Visiting the glacier

    18. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ ☁ 10 °C

    We then got back on the truck for the short drive to the glacier. This is where those who were doing the optional cruise were boarding their boat. We chose not to spend the extra $120! Instead, we waited an hour for them to come back. We bought a drink and a cake in the café. That alone set us back $26!!

    When they came back, we were on the truck again to drive up to the starting point for the walkways which would allow us to get as close as possible to the glacier. Mark wasn't up for walking any further, so I left him sitting in the sunshine while I went to explore. From this distance, the glacier was majestic!

    Because of its location (it snows on the top of the mountain every single day of the year), the Perito Moreno Glacier is one of the few stable glaciers in the world. Despite global warming, it has remained almost the same size ever since it was first discovered. This doesn't mean that it is unchanging. The glacier loses around 2 metres from the front every single day, but it also gains 2 metres from the back. While we were watching it, we heard cracks that sounded like thunder and pieces of ice broke away. Susan, a member of our group, captured one of these moments in the videos attached to this footprint.    Lue lisÀÀ

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    Returning to El Calafate

    18. tammikuuta, Argentiina ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    At 3.20pm, we returned to the truck for the drive back to El Calafate, arriving there just before 5pm. Nikki had been busy in our absence. We now have the itinerary up to Uruguay in mid-February. There are a couple of places where we are supposed to be in dorm rooms with no upgrades, so I went online to book alternative accommodation. The first of these is in Ushuaia. I have booked us an apartment for the three nights. The extra it is costing is more than made up for by what we will save cooking for ourselves.Lue lisÀÀ

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    Drive from El Calafate to Puerto Natales

    19. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☁ 11 °C

    Annoyingly, I was awake a couple of hours before I needed to be! We had breakfast of coffee and toast before leaving at 8am. Just before we left, we had a group photo (without Nikki as she was still arguing with hostel staff about the bill!). The photo was because Camille was leaving the group this morning and going off to do the W trek in Torres del Paine with her Dad.

    On the road, we continued to head south. The landscape was pretty flat and featureless with occasional glimpses of spectacular snow-capped mountains.

    We had a toilet stop at a service station and then stopped on the roadside for a truck lunch intended to use up all the fresh stuff before we crossed the border back into Chile.

    There are lots of references to Las Malvinas in this part of southern Argentina - on posters, on signs, and on memorials. Of course, these are the Falkland Islands that the UK went to war with Argentina over back in 1982. I remember it well. We were living in Paris at the time, so we didn't get as much news about it as we would if it happened today, but it became real to me when I heard that one of my classmates from England, who had joined the army a few months before at the age of 16, had been sent there. It obviously still resonates with people here. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities.

    We crossed at a very quiet border post in the middle of nowhere. I think we were the biggest group they had seen all year! They went through the motions, but we were through pretty quickly. From the border, it was only 13 kilometres to our campsite in Puerto Natales.

    We arrived there at about 4.30pm, only to find out that we couldn't stay! Apparently, our booking had never been confirmed and they didn't have enough room for us! We sat on the truck outside the campsite for about 40 minutes while Nikki searched for a solution. The answer eventually came that we would stay in a hotel in town! We were all very happy that we wouldn't have to put up our tents tonight!

    By the time we had driven to the hotel and got our rooms (the first one we were allocated was recently vacated and hadn't been cleaned), it was almost 6pm. Those doing the W trek starting tomorrow had to get to an office in town for a briefing. The rest of us were heading to a supermarket to buy something for lunch for tomorrow and drinks and snacks for the next three days in the national park.

    With this accomplished, we didn't bother going out for dinner. Instead, we went back to the hotel and made cream cheese and ham sandwiches. We ate some tonight and kept the rest for tomorrow.

    We went to bed by 9pm with the alarm set for 4.45am!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    A day in Torres del Paine National Park

    20. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ 🌧 9 °C

    I didn't sleep well, so I really wasn't ready to get up when the alarm went off.  However, our 5am breakfast turned out that to be one of the best of the trip and set us up for the day.  There was coffee, fruit juice, watermelon, cereal, yoghurt, a selection of pastries, brown or white toast, cheese, ham, and jams.  It was all very good!

    We were on the truck by 6am to drive the 150 kilometres to Torres del Paine National Park.  It was raining quite heavily and was still dark when we left.  We were pleased that we didn't have to take tents down!

    On the truck with us were the two guides who were going with our 14 group members who were doing the W trek.  They had each paid £1500 to do the 4-day hike, and some of them were already questioning their decision, especially as some of the group who hadn't paid anything extra at all were doing day one of the trek today independently.  What's more, those of us who weren't doing either of these things, were staying with the truck and waiting for the day hikers to get back before we were all driving together to our campsite for the next three nights!  None of this had been made clear as an option before the 14 paid all the money! 

    We drove along the Ruta del Fin del Mundo (the road to the end of the world!) to get to the park, arriving there at about 8.30am.  On the way, we saw more guanacos than we have seen anywhere else!

    Once we were in the park, we said goodbye to the trekkers and the day hikers and then decided what to do with ourselves for the nine hours we had to wait for them to return from their 20 kilometre Three Towers walk!    Lue lisÀÀ

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    A nature walk

    20. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☁ 10 °C

    There were 13 of us who were not doing either of the hiking options.  Mark's legs were really bad today, so he wasn't able to walk any distance at all.  Some of the non-walkers decided to go to a nearby hotel, thinking that they would be able to get a coffee and use the internet.  It was a no to both - the hotel only catered to residents!

    We decided to stay on the truck to start with as the weather was supposed to brighten up later in the day.  I spent the time editing photos on the laptop.  I was really pleased with what I achieved.

    At just before 11, I set off to do a 2 - 3 mile nature walk, leaving Mark listening to music on the truck.  The weather didn't improve!  It was cold and drizzly, but it was still an enjoyable walk with plenty of information boards explaining about the park's flora and fauna.    Lue lisÀÀ

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    More photos of my walk

    20. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☁ 10 °C

    After my walk, I went back to the truck.  We ate our packed lunch and I finished my photo editing.

    As the deadline for the walkers' return approached, we went to get a coffee in the information centre and wait for them.  Denise was first back.  She had turned round just after the halfway point because she realised that she wouldn't make it back in time if she'd continued to the top.  She reported that four of the W trekkers had also turned back.  They must be so disappointed after spending all that money!Lue lisÀÀ

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    Heading to Lago Pehoe Campsite

    20. tammikuuta, Chile ⋅ ☁ 15 °C

    All of the other day hikers got back in time, so we were able to head to the campsite. We only had 35 kilometres to go, but Ritchie warned us that it would take a while as it was all going to be on unmade roads. The scenery on the way was spectacular despite the thick cloud and rain.

    We arrived at our campsite at 7.45pm. We found a pitch under a shelter to protect us from any wind and rain. Nikki cooked a quick dinner of bought vegetarian ravioli and readymade tomato sauce supplemented with vegetables. It was very good. By the time we had eaten and washed up, it was gone 10pm! Nobody realised because it was still daylight!    Lue lisÀÀ

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