Praline moments...
... if life is like a box of chocolates then the few days camping in Torres del Paine was definitely praline (mmm my favourite!) - it was fabulous - spectacular scenery and definitely luxury camping! - you come back from a full day walking and someone has put up your tent - you just have to go have a nice hot shower before they have the dinner cooked for you! The main hassle is packing up the sleeping bag abck into its stuff sack the following morning! Feel like i have been on holidays for ages (good feeling!) (altho that doesn´t mean I am ready to come back yet!)
The first day walk was to the ´towers´- unfortunately the weather was ... well typical patagonian - boiling hot, mist, sleet, wind, full-on gales (winds in patagonia get up to 150km/hr) so we didn´t go the last uphill battle which would have taken an extra hour (was about 3.5hr each way) as it was very foggy and rainy at the end, but the walk was still great... The frist walk at El Chalten was definitely the ahrdest of all the walks - bbut the others were still a bit of a challenge at times... The first night camping was the best - our group was at a site by ourselves and we had this little hut with wood fire - had a pisco sour and soup to start, with some patagonian beef in gravy and loads of veggies and salad, then this cinnamon dessert... We all had to sing our national anthem after dinner - but Camela and I are shocking Oz-ians so sung the vegemite song instead :)
The second day we caught a ferry to another section of the national park and took a 16km walk in French Valley - gorgeous views again. Had a big group camp site, so not as cosy as the first night, but still good - great views of the mtns... On our final day did a short 4hr walk to Grey Glacier - nice and easy.
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