Sunday, November 7, 2010

51* 43' 39' Southern latitude
















We are packed and ready to hike the "W" in Torres del Paine after all. We've rearranged our bags, shed some 5-7kg of weight and loaded up with chocolate. Tomorrow is the big day and we head out at 7:30. The flight down from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas in Chile was mindblowing. The mountains were covered in snow and we could see glaciers from the plane, it was like nothing I have ever dreamed of let alone seen....i don't think David Attenbourgh even covered it in Planet Earth - it is the most beautiful natural mountain spendor i have ever witnessed to date. I can only imagine the mountains themselves to be even more wonderful on foot.










The pictures are of Puerto Varas this morning minus the elusive volcano which has disguised itself as a cloud and Puerto Natales...obviously the blurry plane shots are from the middle seat of the plane passed someones nose of snow and glaciers - i'm sure you can tell right?

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