April 10th, 2019 Happy Birthday to Mom! We celebrated it real big for you by doing a glacier ice adventure. Taylor left early for her kayaking tour and Brendan and I left a little later on a bus that took us into the National Park. Once we got there we were able to explore for…
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Day 65 – El Calafate, Patagonia (Argentina)
April 9th, 2019 Today we had to get up extremely early. We had arranged to take a 7am bus to El Calafate which is in the Argentinian side of Patagonia. We crossed the Chilean border and went to Argentina on the six-hour long bus ride from Puerto Natales. We were really excited because Taylor found…
Day 64 – Torres del Paine, Patagonia (Chile)
April 8th, 2019 We woke up at 2:30 am for our last hike up to the base of the towers for sunrise. We would go there and back and then take a bus out of the park to go back to Puerto Natales tonight. The hike was estimated at 4 hours there, and 4 hours…
Day 63 – Torres del Paine, Patagonia (Chile)
April 7th, 2019 Today was the day we had to hike the furthest with our bags. Fortunately, they were a little lighter than when we started since we had been eating the food along the way, and they still felt heavy. We woke up to another fantastic day of sun and NO wind. This was…
Day 62 – Torres del Paine, Patagonia (Chile)
April 6th, 2019 After the roughest night we ever experienced, we got up and made the journey to the bathroom where we could use our cook stove to make breakfast. We had another grilled cheese and were beyond happy to see that the rain had finally stopped. Taylor’s morning started out bad as she slipped…
Day 61 – Torres del Paine, Patagonia (Chile)
April 5, 2019 After an exhausting first day of our trek and not sleeping that great in the tent this morning when the sun came up, I decided to keep resting. I didn’t think we needed to get up extremely early or anything. No one else was getting up, I kept resting and felt it…
Day 60 – Torres del Paine, Patagonia
April 4th, 2019 We got up very early to catch a 7am bus into the park of Torres del Paine to start our trek. Once the sun rose we started catching out first glimpses of Patagonia! The beautiful mountains, the blue lakes, lamas, emus, and flamingos! The clouds were clearing for the first time since…
Day 58 & 59 – Puerto Natales, Chile
April 2-3, 2019 Rain filled all the days we were in Puerto Natales. We were hoping and praying that it would stop once we began our hike. We couldn’t imagine coming so far and not being able to see all the beauty and mountains around us. We had an easy couple of days in this…
Day 57 – Puerto Natales, Chile
April 1, 2019 Today we took a bus from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales which is the closest town to enter the National Park of Torres del Paine. We found a really cute hostel called the Corner House that we checked into on arrival. This town is totally a backpacker hub for those entering the…
Day 56 – Punta Arenas, Chile
March 31, 2019 We decided to stay in Punta Arenas today before leaving by bus to Puerto Natales. We took this day to go to the store and get groceries for whatever hiking we do once we get into the National park of Torres del Paine. We also did some shopping for some last-minute items. …