The final push!! It rains all night and the wind howls through the now broken tent zip, which means we’re awake early, and inside the campsite refugio warming up and drinking tea. We can’t get going until 10am as we have to pick Chris’ blood glucose reader up from the post office (we left it …
El Calafate to Torres del Paine
We take a bus to Perito Moreno Glacier, and it’s well worth it. Even the views from the bus are impressive! The glacier itself is huge, and it’s difficult to take in its enormity. It looks surreal, huge seracs standing upright on top of one another for miles onto the distance! We walk along boardwalks …
Cycling the Carratera Austral.
We head inland for seven miles after leaving the ferry and finally getting going. We reach Puerto Aysen and find a good coffee shop. We drink coffee and catch up on the phone with friends and family, before finally leaving with supplies, and heading east to join the Carratera Austral. The Carratera Austral is a …
Chiloe, a long ferry ride and into Southern Patagonia.
Chiloe is Chile’s second largest island and yet it definitely still has that sleepy island feel, at least off the main Ruta 5 that sweeps down the middle. Everything seems to slow down, the locals are friendly and there’s always that seaside seaweed smell where ever you are. Our perfect new years wild camp on …