Category Archives: Chile

Puerto Natales was once a fishing port just a little way up the Chilean coast (up from the bottom that is) and still remains a port but also serves as the place to access the National Park of Torres del Paines. The place itself is wonderful, sat right on a lake and with a backdropContinue reading “Puerto Natales”

We were all set and ready to go and caught the bus from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine early in the morning. We couldn’t help but notice that all the other hikers on the bus looked slightly better equipped and prepared and hardened than we did. We were a little nervous but ready forContinue reading “Climbing Torres”

Day 2 of Torres Del Paine and I must admit we woke up broken. After the hike yesterday my knees had swollen up big time and I could hardly bend them. We actually entertained the idea of just catching the bus back out of the park back to the hostel where we were staying atContinue reading “Day 2 @ Torres Del Paine “

Day three of our hiking trip found us waking up once again with fairly sore legs, but at least it was dry and we set off on a short half day hike to try and get at least a glimpse of Glacier Grey before we had to catch our boat to begin our return journeyContinue reading “Day 3 @ Torres Del Paine”

We awoke to perfect sunshine in the desert. Go figure? This morning’s adventure was a hike with Leo our hostel owner/taxi driver. We drove for about 15 minutes and then walked into a valley. From the start it was unreal. Giant cactuses, razor sharp shrubs and a river winding through the valley. It was aContinue reading “San Pedro de Atacama day 1”

We decided to explore the town this morning and also had to sort out our trip to Bolivia so off we set on our bikes to town. The town of San Pedro is absolutely unlike any other town I have seen before. The buildings are all one story high and most seem to be madeContinue reading “Day 2 San Pedro de Atacama “