El Calafate to Puerto Natales

After the spectacular glacier I was going to head as fast as I could down to the end of the world. People are saying Ushuaia is the furthest South but I still reckon Puerto Williams is. There's a fine line though I guess. There's a national park even further south than that (Parque Nacional Cabo de Hornos) so that's where I'll go.

However apparently I need to see Torres del Paine National park 1st. I need to go to Puerto Natales which is south so fine. Another bus. Another 6 hours. Another border crossing. Back into Chile. I thought I was going to have a double seat to myself when a young lady came and say next to me. Oh my god could she talk! She wouldn't stop! No really...I had to pretend to sleep the whole way. I opened one eye at one point, she clocked me and that was her off again!!

Anyway I'm now getting the hang of these border crossings. You stop once at the end of one country, get your passport stamped that you've exited, then get back on the bus and it's not till 10/15 mins later you get to the start of the next country, have to get back off the bus again and get your passport stamped that you're entering. There was a house in between the two. What's HIS address??

Forgot to say, El Calafate by the way is a huge tourist town. If you like shopping it's your dream place. There are gorgeous restaurants and pubs everywhere. Very expensive though.

So I'm now in Puerto Natales. I went to a tour agency to see what walking/cycling/any type apart from sitting on a bus tour there was available. Only 3 day treks. Only want to go to the park, climb to the towers del Paine and come back. So after chatting to tour operator I decided to do it the cheap way. I went to the bus station to buy a ticket. Only 1 bus per day. Gets there at 11am. Leaves at 1pm. 8 hours to get up and down the mountain. Hmmm. Not gonna work out. There's a refuge there but I need to book. It's closed. So basically I'm going to wing it. I'll get there, climb the hill/mountain (if it takes that long I'm calling it a mountain thank you very much), then hope for the best I can sleep in this refuge place. If not, I'm stuffed.