Quick Stop into Chile - Torres del Paine
Having been completely mesmerised by the landscape and people of Argentina I followed a random traveller´s recommendation and decided to see how it was on the other side of the border, engaging on a 4 day trip to Torres del Paine (Chile).
Observation # 1
Argentinians and Chileans have a love-hate relationship which affects the random traveller in that neither have information on either. So you end up stuck in one country with no information on what happens in the next country until you get to the final destination. Bothering. Yes.
Observation # 2
Breathing will cost you in Chile. It is soooooo expensive. Think European prices and South American level of service.
Observation # 3
Torres del Paine is probably one of the most beautiful places on earth (and I am not even a hiker!)
Observation # 4
I can now galop with one hand (ever so briefly!)
The trip to Torres was a fun experience. Still feeling slightly out of place not wearing enough GorTex to fit in with the Hiker Crowd, I was glad to find some like-minded travellers in the form of Silky (Germany), Lee (UK) and Seb(UK) who much preferred drinking 1 Eur Gato Negro wine and playing cards. Erhem. Stay assured that we did make it out to the different miradors to see the Torres through every angle possible. In the end we decided it would be much more fun to strike a pose at every stop. The end result came out like this:
Observation # 1
Argentinians and Chileans have a love-hate relationship which affects the random traveller in that neither have information on either. So you end up stuck in one country with no information on what happens in the next country until you get to the final destination. Bothering. Yes.
Observation # 2
Breathing will cost you in Chile. It is soooooo expensive. Think European prices and South American level of service.
Observation # 3
Torres del Paine is probably one of the most beautiful places on earth (and I am not even a hiker!)
Observation # 4
I can now galop with one hand (ever so briefly!)
The trip to Torres was a fun experience. Still feeling slightly out of place not wearing enough GorTex to fit in with the Hiker Crowd, I was glad to find some like-minded travellers in the form of Silky (Germany), Lee (UK) and Seb(UK) who much preferred drinking 1 Eur Gato Negro wine and playing cards. Erhem. Stay assured that we did make it out to the different miradors to see the Torres through every angle possible. In the end we decided it would be much more fun to strike a pose at every stop. The end result came out like this:
Labels: Chile January 2008, Torres Del Paine
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