Day: 248 After spending so many days in Xi’an I needed to get away. Something natural, possibly some exercise mixed in. Shuffling though the pages of my Lonely Planet I found Hua’ Shan, a mountain with a supposed amazing hike only two hours away. I basically just spoke up last night at the hostel bar [...]
Day: 228 I may have woke up hungover, but Brian woke up still shitfaced. By the time we were able to motivate ourselves to actually do something it was past 10am, and the only thing we did was go find some breakfast. Brian held it down for about an hour, but just a few miles [...]
After Day: 225 Yet Before Day: 226 The only travel plans I had made as of last weeks triumphant return from Mexico was a 10 day trip to Belize with a couple of friends from April 20th to the 30th. A short little excursions by my standards. Knowing I should start planning something I dove [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
Day: 172 Moving onwards towards a new town to see another National Park, I was up early to make it to Puerto Natales; the jumping off point for gearing up to tackle Torres del Paine National Park. After a quick 7 hour bus ride, which included 2 hours in Chilian customs, I found a hostel [...]
