Almost in Antartica . . .

yep, thats right! These past 10 days I have been in the twelfth region de Chile enjoying the natural flora y fauna of el parque nacional de Torres del Paine, las ciudades de Puerto Natales y Punta Arenas, and la isla de Tierra del Fuego.

Jueves - Nov. 5 a Viernes - Nov. 6 (día 1)

got on a bus at 8:20pm with my travel buddy Colleen Cummings (o mejor Colleens). and soon arrived at the airport.

we then killed time with our friends Natalie and Tori (they were waiting for their plane to Chiloé) until we emarked the plane at 2am.

made it to Punta Arenas at 5:40am, got our bags, and took a transfer directly to the bus station. the station was closed until 7:30am, but the transfer driver saw me looking around for somewhere to get some coffee, so he graciously reloaded the 7 of us back into the van and took us to a restaurant for breakfast. COFFEE! and a pancito with melted queso. the first time was so good that we did it over again! yum yum.

we then walked back to the bus station and took the bus to Puerto Natales only after i had bought a newspaper since it is called 'El Pinguino'. perfect right? just encouraging my obsession. after a 3 hour bus ride there we walked to our hostal and got settled. then off the explore the city. BUT before we went off exploring, we talked to the man who worked at the hostal and knows all about some backpacking/trekking. I explained to him that we were planning on trekking for 4 days, 3 nights, what we had, what we needed to rent, etc.

here is the 'W' that we were planning on BACKPACKING (colleens is nuts and wanted to do this....and then i was nuts enough to agree haha!)

BUT, fortunately, the hostal man told us how to do it without our backpacks. perfect. set up tent and leave your stuff in it before the hikes. i like it. what i DON'T like is the fact that he told us we would be crossing 3 rivers and needed to rent SHOES along with a tent, sleeping bags, walking sticks, a stove, a mess kit, . . .need i say more??? 2 unprepared gringas.

so AFTER all that we got to explore the city :)

Region XII - day 1, by Sarah Moredock

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