As I'm sure you could have figured out by the title of this entry, the most exciting thing that occurred today was some MAJOR progress in regards to our trip to the south in 2 weeks! This morning, myself and 4 friends bought our round trip plane tickets from Santiago to Punta Arenas! We then went to class, and afterwards went to one of our houses to book hostels and pengüinos and plan out where we want to be when! We now have hostel reservations at all the places where they're needed, have emailed about the Isla Magdalena penguin island tour reservations and the El Calafate glacier tours, and are researching a little more about the W trek, busses, and other things. It's so exciting! We officially have plane tickets and hostel reservations! This is our plan:
2/14 Fly to Punta Arenas
2/15 Explore Punta Arenas
2/16 Pengüinos on Isla Magdalena
2/17 Bus to Puerto Natales, explore, but food, rent equipment, etc.
2/18 Bus to Torres del Paine National Park and start the W trek
2/19 W
2/20 W
2/21 W
2/22 Finish the W and bus back to Puerto Natales
2/23 Bus to El Calafate, Argentina (the hostel we booked has already been so helpful!)
2/24 Adventure to the Glacier 80 km outside of town
2/25 Explore more of El Calafate area
2/26 Bus back to Puerto Natales
2/27 Bus back to Punta Arenas
2/28 Fly back to Santiago
So we'll get to see so much down there, yet it won't be incredibly rushed or stressful. Pretty awesome! I'm soooo excited! There are still a lot of details to iron out, but lots of the big things seem to have been taken care of today! It'll be a vacation of a lifetime, and all of the girls that I'm going with (Gina, Lindsey, Ariel, and Kathryn) are so nice, adventurous, and fun-loving it will be great! I can't wait!
Today also consisted of some incredible bread, some stomach adjustments (I think I may still need to avoid the tap water), and talking to my mommy :). Some friends invited me to hike up some mountain in the Andes tomorrow on a 15 mile hike which I seriously considered, but have opted to stay in town and explore the city more by going up Cerro San Cristobal and exploring Santiago. Perhaps I'll do this mountain trek some other time, I do have 6 months! Or hey, maybe I'll trek for 5 days in Patagonia! Yeah, I think I'll do that!
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Picturas! Darme picturas, por favor.
ReplyDeletePatagonia will be awesome. Be advised—Patagonia can have the worst weather in the world. Storms develop fast and temperatures change quickly. Good work getting your "accommodations" squared away.
Sounds like you should stick to agua minerale for a while, especially if you're travelling.
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