W Trek day 5

REFUGIO GRAY - REFUGIO PAINE GRANDE -Boat & bus to PN
Today we hiked the 11km back to Paine Grande to catch the ferry and bus back to Puerto Natales. An easier walk today, with the climb up the almost vertical watercourse being easier than the climb down yesterday, especially for Tracey's knees!
We had quite a few hours to wait for the 6:40pm ferry. We went to get some pizza at about 5 but they had sold out. 🙁
We joined the queue at the jetty and were among those who managed to get on, with quite a few left to wait in the cold for the next ferry.
At the other end of the ferry ride we walked about a kilometre to find our bus.
The first part of the bus trip, to the park entry where we had started, was on a fairly narrow gravel road. On a bend in the road another bus coming towards us hit the side of our bus breaking a window. After stopping to assess the damage the driver drove on to the park entry where we waited about an hour for another bus.
We finally got to Puerto Natales at about 11:30pm. Ricci picked us up and took us to his restaurant where we had a very late but nice pizza dinner (except for gluten free Tracey).
Back in our cabin with Tim and Jessica the water kept stopping. We finally got to bed unshowered at about 1:30. What a day!Read more