Monday, February 15, 2010

Patagonia: the beginning

Hi all,
Sorry I haven´t been in touch, it´s been kind of crazy since I got here.
On Monday, last week, I got to Ushuaia after 36 hours of travel. I hiked a bit in the Tierra del Fuego National Park, which was nicer than I had initially thought. I first went on a hike to the top Cerro Guanaco, a hike that proved unsuccesful. The weather at the bottom was rainy and windy, and turned to billowing snow at the top. Roughly 200 meters from the top it was impossible to find the trail, plus visibilty was nearing zero, so I had to turn back. The next day the weather was good and I walked through the rest of the easy trails in the park.
I moved on to Punta Arenas, where I managed to get lost for an hour and a half in a natural reserve, make it to my bus in time somehow, and catch the flu. I made to Puerto Natales, stepping out of the bus with fever, a huge backpack and an even bigger headache. Luckily it was raining, so no one could see the tears streaming down my face. I made it to a nearby hostel which welcomed me in, and sank into a blissful coma with the help of Decsamol Cold (night).
Since then I´ve mostly recooperated, and am going tomorrow on the Torres del Paine circuit, a classic 8 day trek.
I apologize for the lack of images, but my new shiny camera refuses to play along without its integral software, which I naturally did not think to bring along. My advice: use google images. The results are much better than what I could produce, not even having photoshoop handy.
I hope to update some more after the trek, so see you in a week or so.

1 comment:

Sue said...

ניצו!!!
אנא בחבק אווי אווי!!!