Monday, January 28, 2008

The ´W´

The ´W´ I am referring to is not the third studio album by the Wu Tang Clan, rather it is the famous walk you can do in the Torres Del Paine National Park.

You see a crap map of it here:


Day -1 - The bus out there broke down and we were stuck in the middle of no-where with some llamas staring at us quizically. I kinda had my fingers crossed we would miss the Catarmaran that was taking us to the bottom of the left part of the W, but we made it on time and it was nice too as the view was first class. So this first day i walked upto the 1 on the map with a tiny irish couple. It must have looked like Gandalf and the Hobbits. The scenery was incredible and despite 20 mins of strong wind the journey up there was dandy. The hobbit folk were staying at the refugio up there and so i turned round and tramped back to the refugio where i started the day. It was awesome. The sun was out for the evening and simply walking alone through the park enjoying the view was just fantastic. It was getting dark and i was getting tired as i reached the camp and fell asleep.
Day 2 - I bumped into a couple of people from Erratic rock... ah... this will have to wait as i am in only my second messenger chit chat of my trip - with Mr Simon Hunt...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

and messenger service of the highest order it was too. I was good but you were even better... between us we were dynamite!

Unknown said...

'Gandalf and hobbits'? Your beard must have grown in the clement South American weather!