27km sunshine walk

We woke up to a wonderful sunny day that was made for what we had in mind; hiking. We headed up to see the three 'towers' that defines Torres del Paine and also is kind of the icon of Patagonia. The hike was a 10km stretch climbing about 800m. We were really treated to some fantastic views and had lunch in the sun at a mountain lake at the foot of the 'towers'.

After we had hiked the 10km back down again we felt great but tired.

We had planned to return to Puerto Natales today so we had to get to the bus station, but it wasn't exactly around the corner. Almost 8km later and a slightly stressed dinner we sat our tired behinds on a bus heading back to 'civilization'.

We reached Puerto Natales a little bit after 22 and then came the quest to find a place to stay, since we hadn't booked anything ahead. After having checked five places that were all full we picked up the Lonely Planet guide book and dialed a number at random. We got lucky and at 23.05 we checked in to a supernice little place called Amerindia.

To finish the evening we found a cool Chilean restaurant/microbrewery Baguales were we had some local food and an ale.

Tomorrow's plan is to find a bus that can take us the 3h to Punta Arenas and then faith willl decide. Now we'll take our blistered feet and tuck ourseleves to bed.