The plans changed. Originally I planned to travel two more days with the two Spanish but after Vera, one of the two Suisse girls had the idea to rent a car. That way we could sleep and safe the money for accommodation and at the same time be very flexible. This concept convinced me because in the end this alternative would be cheaper but also the Torres is so big that a day trip just would not make any sense. And so, after disembarking the ferry we went from one car rental place to the next ending up at the Hertz office giving us a good price for a pick-up truck. We went shopping for food and other things we might need for the following three days. Afterwards I had to say good-bye to my crew from the ferry which turned out not to be as easy as I thought. It was the second good-bye in five days and I realized how much fun we had together. At first I was a little bit skeptical if I made the right decision to change my plans but it turned out that it was the best I could have possibly done. I had the best three days ever...We started our journey to the park at about 21h-it started getting dark and ahead of us were another two hours-turned out to be three. The road was i
n good condition but later changed into a gravel road. At some point we got lost and ask for the right way. The guy was very nice but a little scary as well as he followed us when we were still taking the wrong way. We were going about 40ks per hour and saw nice animals...the first time in my life I saw a "Gürteltier", tons of rabits (some of them kamikazee as they would not go out of the way, jumping in front of the car, and some animal we identified as a biver not being sure if it was a biver indeed. As almost everywhere in the world wild camping is forbidden so we had to find a good spot to spend the night without being caught. We found one. It was dark, above the clear sky with thousands of stars, and below a lake with its water making a sound of crashing small waves. I was keen to use my camping-cooker-gas-thingy which was free with the torch I bought. We tried to make a tea but the wind was to strong. The two girls ended up sleeping in the truck and I slept in the back. We woke up-sun was shining with a nice view of the lake. This day we made a couple of small hikings. First we went to the lake "Lago Grey" to find ice blocks swimming on the lake. I have never seen this before and found it to be quite impressive. Then we drove to another two hour hike climbing up to the peak of that small mountain overlooking the another lake and being intimidated by the big mountains opposite of the lake. Before we cood rice with I cannot remember. Our meals however, were very simple and just served the purpose to nourish. Now we had to find another place to stay-with success. We ended up to invent a new kind of accommodation-it is called "Parking". What is parking? Parking is sleeping in the car on a parking lot that belongs to a hotel/refugio and at the same time using the showers/toilets of the camping site. We stayed the
re to nights, all three sleeping in the car as we had a lot more wind than in the first place and the second night unfortunately also rain. But the second day we hiked 22ks up and downhill Exhausted we came back. Vera, one of the Suisse girls, hiked another 11ks while Andrea, the other, and I were waiting in a refugio. We were making fun of the people coming and announced the "coolest backpacker"-a guy with no hair from Australia. Tired as we were, we even had to drive the car to the showers, only 200m away from the parking lot. On our last day we went further up the park, getting lost again. But in the end we found the cascades and the "Laguna Azul". We had lunched there and then made our way back to Puerto Natales.
n good condition but later changed into a gravel road. At some point we got lost and ask for the right way. The guy was very nice but a little scary as well as he followed us when we were still taking the wrong way. We were going about 40ks per hour and saw nice animals...the first time in my life I saw a "Gürteltier", tons of rabits (some of them kamikazee as they would not go out of the way, jumping in front of the car, and some animal we identified as a biver not being sure if it was a biver indeed. As almost everywhere in the world wild camping is forbidden so we had to find a good spot to spend the night without being caught. We found one. It was dark, above the clear sky with thousands of stars, and below a lake with its water making a sound of crashing small waves. I was keen to use my camping-cooker-gas-thingy which was free with the torch I bought. We tried to make a tea but the wind was to strong. The two girls ended up sleeping in the truck and I slept in the back. We woke up-sun was shining with a nice view of the lake. This day we made a couple of small hikings. First we went to the lake "Lago Grey" to find ice blocks swimming on the lake. I have never seen this before and found it to be quite impressive. Then we drove to another two hour hike climbing up to the peak of that small mountain overlooking the another lake and being intimidated by the big mountains opposite of the lake. Before we cood rice with I cannot remember. Our meals however, were very simple and just served the purpose to nourish. Now we had to find another place to stay-with success. We ended up to invent a new kind of accommodation-it is called "Parking". What is parking? Parking is sleeping in the car on a parking lot that belongs to a hotel/refugio and at the same time using the showers/toilets of the camping site. We stayed the
re to nights, all three sleeping in the car as we had a lot more wind than in the first place and the second night unfortunately also rain. But the second day we hiked 22ks up and downhill Exhausted we came back. Vera, one of the Suisse girls, hiked another 11ks while Andrea, the other, and I were waiting in a refugio. We were making fun of the people coming and announced the "coolest backpacker"-a guy with no hair from Australia. Tired as we were, we even had to drive the car to the showers, only 200m away from the parking lot. On our last day we went further up the park, getting lost again. But in the end we found the cascades and the "Laguna Azul". We had lunched there and then made our way back to Puerto Natales. After returning the car we found the best hostel there is in Puerto Natales-coincidentally. Whenever you are here, sta
y at the "Hostal Dickson"! Good service, nice rooms, and a convincing price! Today I had the third good-bye in eight days because the to Suisse girls left-yet we will meet each other again in Buenos Aires in two weeks. Thanks a lot Vera and Andrea for the awesome and easygoing three days with you!!!
y at the "Hostal Dickson"! Good service, nice rooms, and a convincing price! Today I had the third good-bye in eight days because the to Suisse girls left-yet we will meet each other again in Buenos Aires in two weeks. Thanks a lot Vera and Andrea for the awesome and easygoing three days with you!!!
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Digger! Geile 3 Tage...macht Lust auf Abenteuer, was man von dir liest. Es scheint dir gut zu gehen, das freut mich sehr!
Ich drück dich! Gill
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