There can't be many places where you can go 3000 miles south and still be in the same country.
The weather's been pretty good so far but when we flew into Punta Arenas it was nearly freezing with pouring rain and a howling gale. We lucked out though - expecting to have to go into town and find a bus to Puerto Natales - we walked out of the terminal building to find one standing there! And it left a minute after we got on. Not bad.
The weather remained dismal the next day (and Monic didn't stop moaning about it) but the forecast was good so we went into the park the day after and were blessed with perfect weather. The walk was quite hard but there was a nice view at the far point...
...well, apart from those two old gits in the way. It all went pretty well, except for missing the bus back to Puerto Natales because we took too long on the walk!
We had to change hotels the next day but then had a second bite with a two-day hike to glacier Gray. Not the best of timing - last year an Israeli hiker burned his toilet paper and started a fire that trashed a seven mile stretch of forest (the bit we were walking). We had a bit of luck with the room in the refugio - four beds but no one else in room.
Glacier looked pretty good as well...
...but, again, you get us two. Lots of photos here. And even more here.
The weather's been pretty good so far but when we flew into Punta Arenas it was nearly freezing with pouring rain and a howling gale. We lucked out though - expecting to have to go into town and find a bus to Puerto Natales - we walked out of the terminal building to find one standing there! And it left a minute after we got on. Not bad.
The weather remained dismal the next day (and Monic didn't stop moaning about it) but the forecast was good so we went into the park the day after and were blessed with perfect weather. The walk was quite hard but there was a nice view at the far point...
...well, apart from those two old gits in the way. It all went pretty well, except for missing the bus back to Puerto Natales because we took too long on the walk!
We had to change hotels the next day but then had a second bite with a two-day hike to glacier Gray. Not the best of timing - last year an Israeli hiker burned his toilet paper and started a fire that trashed a seven mile stretch of forest (the bit we were walking). We had a bit of luck with the room in the refugio - four beds but no one else in room.
Glacier looked pretty good as well...
...but, again, you get us two. Lots of photos here. And even more here.
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