Hey Folks,
I don´t know where to start with all the places I´ve been in the last month. It would have been so much easier to upload as I went along but technology hasn´t really reached that end of the world just yet. And, in it´s own way, it was lovely to be completely removed for the rest of the world for a while.
I´m trying to download the photos for Torres del Paine. Torres del Paine is a huge National Park in Chile. And it´s just stunning. I have never seen a sunrise quite like those that I saw there. As the sun comes up, everything turns pink. The reflection of the sun on the mountains, the hillsides and the lakes is really something else. I was completely in awe. I don´t think I´ve got photos, sometimes it´s just nicer to sit and watch. Anyway, I don´t want to ruin it for ye when ye make it here yourselves!
We hiked for 3 days in Torres del Paine. The first day was to the the Towers themselves. It was a pretty tough hike but so worth every last step. Day 2, we hiked along by the lake and it was just a beautiful day. The final day was a bit of an epic. We walked 35 kms. This was the walk to Grey´s Glacier. It was pretty cool too. As you can imagine,it was pretty exhausting but exhilarating at the same time. The weather changed all the time. We were so lucky to escape the rain. Day 1, the weather was just glorious, a little windy but perfect for hiking. Day 2 was lovely too, a little cooler and we could feel a change coming. Day 3 was so windy. As we walked along by the lake at sunrise, the wind was blustering along the top of the water, driving it up into the air. A rainbow at the other end of the lake. It really was something else.
I can definitely recommend Torres del Paine. Go see it. It´s so cool!
S.
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