Got to sleep in a little this morning – breakfast finished at 9:30am, so we were able to sleep in until nearly 9, which was nice for a change. Mid-morning we walked into town – El Calafate is a nice little tourist town that was nowhere near as overdeveloped as places like Bariloche (although with the amount of … [Read More »]

Very early start this morning (yet again – I’m getting tired of this – especially with the late nights after eating around 9pm or so – restaurants generally only open at 8pm … we appreciate the afternoon siesta – although we don’t often get a property one while on a tour). We finished packing, had … [Read More »]

Yet another early start – this time after our shower and breakfast we headed down to the warf at 7:30am to catch a boat cruise up to another National Park: Bernado O’Higgins … one of the most remote and inaccessible national parks in this area. [table1] [table1] The cruise left around 8am, heading north through … [Read More »]

Up early to catch our bus this morning – a quick breakfast and then out to wait for our bus by 7:30am. The bus (12,000 pesos each AU$29) took us into Torres del Paine National Park, a 3 hour trip, most of it on very rough and dusty roads. [table1] Along the way I broke … [Read More »]