So Poppy and I rented a car in El Calafate to drive to Torres del Paine. We assumed the fire extinguisher under the seat could not be a good sign!! Fortunately there were no fires, just long roads where you saw an occasional cow or guanaco. We also had an interesting stop at a gas station along the way. We had gone across the street to the police station to inquire if it was open and the officer told me that the owner had gone to his ranch and would probably return in a little bit. Then about 30 minutes later the owner walked out of the police station and told us the station was closed on Sundays, but then 2 Argentinians drove up so he pumped gas for all of us, plus the two cars that arrived right as we were leaving. It was all very Alice in Wonderland like!
Poppy and I drove all over the park. She only had a day and then had to fly back home so the car came in handy. We did one hike and later found out that the wind was blowing 90km/hr. Which is pretty standard for this area of the park. It was insane! We were like puppets. We were going to hike the following day, but it was raining and completely covered in clouds so we couldn´t see anything at all.
