Day: 424
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Two days ago we returned home, beat up and weary from the last three months on the road. The next morning after arriving home in the middle of the night I was sitting on the couch, when my step dad, Mike, asked me; “This seemed to be your hardest trip yet, huh?”.
I sat there [...]
Day: 374
In the San Pedro de Atacama desert in Northern Chile.
Day: 373
One of our primary reasons we came out to San Pedro de Atacama is that it is the driest place on the planet and you can see the stars clearer here than anywhere else on earth.
Needless to say, after we got here and checked into our hostal, the clouds rolled in and a place [...]
Day: 372
One last excessive travel day for the next few weeks started today, with the goal of making it from Arequipa, Peru to the San Pedro de Atacama desert in northern Chile where we plan to make our transition into southern Bolivia.
A cab pulled up at our hostal at 6:35am and we headed to the [...]
Day: 178
The priority of today was, of course, to see some penguins. The tours didn´t leave until later on in the evening so Alex, Eleanor and I started our day with a late start (much due to the late night from the day before) then it was off to the gigantic graveyard just outside of [...]
Day: 177
Getting into Punta Arenas in the early afternoon with Alex and Eleanor there wasn’t much to do. We found the soonest bus ticket to get back into Argentina which was the morning of the day after tomorrow. The only real draw of Punta Arenas is it’s nearby Penguin colony and since we had a [...]
Day: 176
So without the time to get everything cleaned up and dried last night, I took it upon myself to suggest I stay in Pueto Natales to catch up on things and start fresh tomorrow.
This was a spectacular idea, until about 5:30pm, when I had done 4 days of blogging, bought a bus ticket for [...]
Day: 175
With the combined effort of the entire Cape Horn storm front and enough water to raise the Ark out of those obscure Russian mountains The Weather has crashed down on our Hero. Armed only with his Boy Scout wits, his Olympiad puddle dodging skills, and the second worst tent ever made (the first being [...]
Day: 174
I find rain on a tent one of the most soothing sounds in the world to sleep to. The only problem is that that in the morning everything is soaking wet well you pack your bag. I was up earlier than anyone else in the campground (I too found this amazing), was packed and [...]
Day: 173
Round trip bus ticket from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine National Park: 12,000 pesos ($24)
Entrance fee to what is hailed as South America’s greatest national park: 15,000 pesos ($30)
Catamaran ride across the lake to the trailhead: 11,000 pesos ($22)
Three days of tent and sleeping bag rental: 15,000 pesos ($30)
Camping site: 3,500 pesos ($7)
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