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They say Ushuaia is the end of the world but if you look south from Ushuaia you can see Chile so not quite. More of a large town than a city, Ushuaia has plenty of everything including geo-defining beer. The weather is partly sunscreen and t shirt and partly 4 layers and 2 hats but […]

The coach station was just over the road from the B&B and we checked in for our fast 12 hour bus trip. The demographic on this journey was 48% Polish, 48% German and us. This was our fourth and final crossover point between Chile and Argentina so we left the lemons at home. They wouldn’t

We hitched a lift with James and Sophie from TDP to Punta Arenas where they were catching a boat for a cruise to Ushuaia and we were catching a coach to the same place. Can’t help thinking they had the better mode of transport although we would get there 3 days earlier and I have

A few nuggets of info worth knowing:- The national park is about the same size as the English Lake District. Similarly, there are lots of lakes. There are no towns or villages in TDP. There are limited hotels, refuges and campsites. Accommodation is expensive. You have to buy a ticket for entry into the park.

We embarked on the 22km walk to the iconic view of the lake at Torres Del Paine. Probably the hardest walk any of us had ever done. All up and down, nothing flat and difficult terrain. But worth it for the view at the end. Everyone got back in one piece!

We met our friends, James and Sophie in Puerto Natales and we drove to the Torres Del Paine National Park. Day 1 was a series of short walks. This place is notorious for bad weather but we were lucky. Everywhere we went was amazing and we have never see water that blue before (something to

The best flora photos from Torres Del Paine

Flew into here yesterday. Meeting friends today and off to Torres Del Paine tomorrow. This town looks like it is full of tourists about to go hiking!