We checked in yesterday at this perfect spot for writing on the blog. It is in El Bolson (a tiny town in the lake district) 10 km from the city center - so literally in the middle of nowhere. The hostel has a huge garden with tons of hammocks, nice people and yogaclasses. Sitting out here with the sound of the water stream running through the garden is so peaceful and so far away from the busy lives we lead at home. So how did we get here? When I left of, we we...

The first day of our W trek had finally arrived - we had been anticipating our 4 day trekking adventure in Torres del Paine for a while and even felt a bit nervous when we finally got on the bus in Puerto Natales - fully equipped and ready to go. We had packed everything and were ready for blizzards, rainstorms and freezing temperatures but it turned out to be sunny the whole trip. Oh well, better safe than sorry. We had booked the so-called W trip through an ag...

Ok - so here we go. Blogging is now officially something I can add to my resume when we return in 5 months. The trip started very very well - all flights were on time and everything went smoothly and on top of that we could get a relatively cheap business class upgrade on our 13 hour flight from Madrid to Buenos Aires and we jumped at the chance. Business class is simply heaven... Three course meals, champagne, and (most importantly) we could lie flat down so we...