Breakfast in Hospedaje Flores del Sur was very basic to say the least. Everything seemed to have been laid out on the table the night before with only the hot water being made in the morning. Coffee was in a tea bag, something we had never seen before and it tasted worse than the usual Nescafe. There was two small slices of toast and one slice of sweet bread each, hardly enough to satisfy a mouse but enough to get us out the door. Before boarding our bus to the...

It had been pretty late by the time we got to bed last night, not because we were partying, but because we arrived back late from Torres Del Paine and had to sort everything out for today's travels. We could easily have stayed in bed a lot longer, but we were booked on the 8:30am Cootra bus to El Calafate in Argentina. There was still enough time to grab a quick breakfast in the Singing Lamb before walking up the hill to the bus station. The bus left on time an...

It had been a really windy night and it was a howling wind so we were woken a few times throughout the night. David looked out the window expecting fewer tents, but all had survived the night, perhaps because we were up higher we felt the wind more. Breakfast in the Paine Grande Lodge was similar to breakfasts we had had in the other refugios except it was buffet style. Everything seemed to be prepared with a little bit more care and we had yoghurt and musli in...

Despite having 8 people in the dorm, it was a very peaceful night and we slept well. David was awake at 6:30am, which wasn't much earlier than the others. Everyone was keen for an early start, we were all walking the same route and it was the longest of the walks. We needed to walk about 23km and it was expected to take around 11 hours. We were booked in the first breakfast sitting and started early at 7:25am. It was the usual breakfast - Nescafe, juice, porrid...