The last six days...

Ever since our last post, six days ago, we've had some good fun in this trip. Although we ran into some very cold, wet and windy weather from Ushuaia to Torres del Paine, things seem to have gotten better as we head up North.

So what's been going on? We spent two full days in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile where we camped for three cold and windy nights. Winds here go well over 80km/h, which is why nothing ever grows on the ground (except for guanacos). During the first day in the Park, Micho, Leo and I worked on some basic maintenance for the Troopy, trailer and bikes. The next day we took a seven hour hike up to the top of the mountain in an attempt to get a glance at the famous Torres del Paine (see pictures). Although it was rainy and cloudy, we managed to see the enormous towers standing at almost 1000m high. At around 4pm we started walking down with our legs pretty much flat from the steep slopes that took us up there (they still hurt btw).

After Torres del Paine we struggled against some even stronger winds on the way to El Calafate (home to the Perito Moreno glacier). After losing sight of the group and a short border-crossing incident and being chased by the Chilean immigration police (it's okay, us colombians are used to fleeing from the police), we found the guys on the bikes and came into Argentina.

In Calafate, weather has been nothing but gorgeous (and warmer even). The Perito Moreno glacier is everything they say it is and more. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Sorry these posts have been short, but we've had lots of work to do and little time to write.

Enjoy some new videos from the past weeks too!

Glaciar Perito Moreno:

Torres del Paine:





Ushuaia to Cerro Sombrero: