We have completed Route 40 and to be honest, I'm sick of gravel roads now. Luckily Route 3 north is paved and we can enjoy the smooth ride of tarmac.
We have been havng a good time though, since I last blogged we have visited Glacier Moreno. It was more beautiful in person than I, or photos, can describe accompanied by a soundtrack of crashing ice as it plummets into the sea sporadically.
Following this we entered Chile for the first time. Onwards to Puerto Natales, the nearest town to Torres del Pain national park. There we took on a two day hike, camping in the woods with the help of the equipment provided by our extremely kind hostel host Andreas. It was heavy and lengthy scaling the mountain to the campsite with our tents, sleeping bags and provisions. But seriously worth it. After setting up tents we legged it further up the mountain before sunset and caught the "Towers" - two huge, sheer granite rocks behind a mountain lake - at the only time of the day that they were not in cloud. Every direction we looked was beautiful with snowy mountains accompanying them.
We trekked back down the next day via a waterfall, taking on incredibly strong winds which were apparently "mild" that day as the normally reach 200kmph, and yesterday they were "only" 90kmph.
On the East coast now in San Julian about to tuck into some seafood for the first time since we arrived in South America.
Steve x
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