Our flight landed in the Argentinean capital city on Monday evening and with a few daylight hours left it was a hunger for steak and beer that tempted us out for the evening. Over a few beers we got talking to some Canadian and Spanish travelers and made plans for the next three days. Tuesday morning and after breakfast we decided the best way to see the centre of the city would be on foot, stopping at plenty of cafes to check the quality of their coffee. The ci...

At the end of our last blog we wrote that tomorrow we would be welcoming Don and Margaret to Argentina, Kat's mum and dad, and that we would be meeting them in El Calafate to spend two weeks traveling around Argentina. Sadly, Margaret developed a last minute medical condition that left her un-able to fly and so they have postponed their visit to the land that gave the world Evita and Maradona. Last Monday was a sad day for all involved, but we are already plannin...

Since having our digital camera stolen, coopertrooper blog fans have been denied photographic pleasures of Chile and Argentina. We have been using the nasty disposable cameras for the past four weeks and this blog is dedicated to the the two cameras we have just had developed. Each picture tells a thousand words, but in case you have got some real work to get on with, we have written a shorter story within each picture. Enjoy. Cooper Out Love Dan & Kat

Excert from The Lonely Planet: "Torres del Paine treks are not without difficulty and hikers have suffered terrible injuries and even died...as knee deep mud, snow and winds are inevitable... the vicious winds can toss you off the trail." We laughed in the face of danger and set off on Friday for 5 days trekking armed with 18 portions of quick cook cheese flavored noodles, enough porridge oats to feed Scotland, one emergency chocolate bar, a pair of battered Ni...

Another 24 hour bus journey lands us in Natales, a small Chilean town used as an entrance to Park National Torres de Paine, which roughly translates into the Park National Torrent of Pain... hahaha. We are here to buy all the necessary supplies to go off trekking and camping for 5 days. The park is full of giant glaciers, lakes and rocky mountains and is at the same latitude and longitude as Northern Russia. We didn´t pack a coat when we left the UK becaus...