Torres del Paine - In a word...WOW

Such rugged beauty. For those who do not know anything about Torres del Paine it is a national park in Chile´s side of Pategonia which is famous for having beautiful glaciers, glacial lakes and its namesake Torres or in english Towers of Paine. We spent two days hiking in the park but I'm going to let the pictures do the talking.

Day 1 we were planning on doing two smaller hikes but during the first one the drizzle turned to a driving rain helped by the 120 kilometer per hour winds. That is the speed the ranger quoted and then told us to hide out in his place. So much for the second hike. Here are some pics from this hike and you can find more on snapfish.

Day 2 we hiked one leg of the famous "W" hike that most people do but we did not have the time. It was spectacular. Here are some more shots. No, it wasn't cold up near the top.

Off to Santiago now.