Tag: national park
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Day 36-41: Puerto Natales & Torres del Paine
Tuesday 8th – Sunday 13th, Nov. The evening I arrived in Puerto Natales I bumped into a backpacker from Sweden who I’d met on the boat, he was out with a group from his hostel so I joined them for dinner. Everyone there was at different stages of either preparing or returning from the treks…
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Day 28-33: Parque Patagonia & Tortel Again
Monday 31st, Oct – Saturday 5th, Nov. A book I was reading gave me the burst of energy to hitchhike back towards Cochrane to hike in the Parque National Patagonia. Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums and the conversations I’d had with people who’d been to the park was enough to inspire me to take my…
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Day 21: Puerto Río Tranquilo to Puerto Bertrand
Monday, 23rd Oct I left late out of Puerto Río Tranquilo, the rest day had done me good but some dark beers in the pub had not. I packed up slowly, enjoying the morning sun, aware that rain that was meant to be coming in from the south-west. By the time I got going the…
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Day 18: Laguna Chiguay to Icy Shack Camp
Thursday, 20th Oct. I was up once in the night and stepped outside into the forest. Straight out of a horror film the spindly trees shrank back into the darkness. It was a completely clear night and the southern stars were out in full, a shooting star sailed past as I looked up. I went…
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Day 17: Coyhaique to Laguna Chiguay
Wednesday, 19th Oct. It was time to get out of Coyhaique, it had been three nights and I was itching to get going. My travel partners and I pulled the bikes out of the shed they’d been stashed in and got out on the main road. Heavy traffic and a narrow lane for the first…
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Day 10: Queulat Glacier to Río Cisnes
Wed 12th, Oct The glacier I could see from my little shed had a trail up towards it through the national park. After a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bread toasted on a stick precariously balanced over the fire I packed and left my panniers in one of the buildings. I rode the 1000m to…
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