Gone Hiking

I joined a tour to go hiking in the mountains, not sure what I was thinking when I agreed to that! There was 10 other people and the oldest was 81 - what the hell was he thinking?

We went to Chile first to the Torres del Paine National Park and did an easy walk the first day, then the second day a much harder walk that was mostly uphill for the first 5 hours. The group has now renamed that walk the ´Towers of Pain´. It was quite hard towards the end as it involved scrambling over boulders, but the view was worth it.

Chile was wonderful, at least the bits that we saw. so I am keen to go back there and explore some more.

We jumped on a zodaic (inflatable boat) for a ride down the river and saw some more glaciers. Then it was a big boat for the journey to our next town called Peurto Natales.

Then it was into Argentina again for some more walking. Better this time, not so hard, but just long. All up we covered about 75km, not including the walking from the hotel to town, because apparently if you are on a walking trip you want your hotel to be on the outskirts!

Now we are off to BA for some culture, then to northern Argentina.