Torres del Paine

Today we got up early and took the bus to Torres del Paine, a giant national park to the north of Puerto Natales. The hostel owner, Bill, cooks a pretty neat breakfast and had some neat stories about the local goings-on. This place is a tiny, sleepy town of 20000, and he's one of the few gringos here.

The drive there was really scenic, with a fiery-red sunrise. A bunch of the people on the ferry with us were there. I had a good talk with Hector, the mexican Londonite chef, about different indegenous populations. Neat to hear it from him.

We got to the refugio in the park after a long bumpy boat ride across a giant lake. The wind was crazy, and there were giant lenticulars everywhere. The refugio was more like a hotel, and we were camping outside of it....

We set up camp and hiked along the western side of the park to a glacier meeting a lake. There were tons of icebergs in the southern part with a crazy blue-green color. There were tons of yellow and red trees along the way too. I've been traveling so much that I don't really know what season it's supposed to be, but somehow autumn felt comfortable. Rumor has it, it's spring where I used to live.

An iceberg in Lago Grey. They have a crazy blue color....
Crazy lenticulars over the lake. I hope the timelapses come out.....
The reds and yellows of autumn.......
Glacier Grey from an overlook on the trail
A view toward the park from the south west, near the entrance.

Icebergs in Lago Grey from the Grey Glacier
A stream on the way out of Paine Grande