Second Part of Patagonia and end of our 'W-Trek'. Its the start of day 3 on the trail and after our Pisco Sour and Wine we planned a wee lie in. That wee lie in had us not leaving camp until 11! But as we had a shower the night before (after an American guy had a hissy fit because I was infront of him) and our mats we were feeling relatively fresh. The walk was planned to be uneventful as we simply needed to make the 4.5hrs to the next camp. Like most journeys...

Right, rattling thru a few days. We ended the bus journey from hell in El Calafate in Argentina. After speaking to the guy at the hostal we spent two days there at the fesival taking in some Choripan and proper Argentine culture, then we went to Puerto Netales in Chile and the gateway to our Patagonian adventure proper - Torres del Paine. Puerto Netales was small with a proper barron feel. I tried to replace my knife but there was nowhere sophisticated enough fo...

Right, let me get a few things straight. Firstly, yes, Mary, you are getting old (a big South Anerican Feliz Cumpleaños to ya! Sorry that Craigs´ culinary skills led to a cupcake with candle at 7.30 - hope the rest of the day improved! xxx) it was the blog for the beginning of Feb, I am very far behing because: 1 We havr been very busy having an absolutely fantastic time in Patagonia (yes Dave, it is all its cracked up to be and more) 2 Remoteness has led to...

OK. So in the interests of keeping these relatively shorter I am failing badly, instead I am just putting them in more sections! So, we have got to Frey and now up, after our sugary start, and going to the next campsite. Remember, we are here for the easy/medium ones! But we couldnt see an obvious path out of the campsite. Now, remember that lovely scene I tried to paint, yeah, the one with the steep-sided, bowl-shaped valley with irregular peaks? Well we were a...

Bariloche is the mecca resort for Argentinians whether in Winter for Skiing (note: hopefully theirs goes better than Alan´s! Hopefully your Nursing skills came back Janet and he´s all healed up now (after stopping laughing of course!)) or Summer for Camping. We stayed at the most amazing hostel on the 10th floor, as recommended by the Welsh couple! It had astounding views across the lake, brill kitchen (with pic of me cooking steak!) and a nice chilled communal...