Torres Del Paine

Hey everybody! We finally acquired some wi-fi at this awesome little chocolate bar that serves up chocolate caliente, yummy sweets and rocking 80's music. Its also warm! Because right now outside its about 5 degrees, celsius that is. Brr. We are now in Punta Arenas, the we closest ever care to coming to Antarctica!

So the past week we were in a national park located in Southern Chile in Patagonia called Torres Del Paine (Click here for mapped location). It was incredible! We stayed in the park and did some extreme activities including a day hike through the Valle de Frances, kayaking down glacier water, and a leisurely horseback ride by the Rio Serrano! We have included some of our favorite pictures of our excursions.

View from our room at the Hosteria Tyndall. You're looking at the famous Torres del Paine of the Chilean Patagonia. The house is where we cooked all our meals.
This pic is of the Glacier Frances. Don't touch the water. I, Scott, challenged myself to the '5 second full hand challenge,' and failed. Waaay too cold!

Our last day, we made plans to kayak. Unfortunately, it had rained all night, the river rose 4 feet and the wind was unexplainable. We experienced all types of weather in the 3 hr tour. Below is before we knew what we got ourselves into.

This is Jess on a calm part of the trip. She looks silly but she is using the paddle and the wind as a sail. We were racing our guides. We lost because I couldn't feel my fingers to get the camera back into my pocket.

We return to Santiago tomorrow and catch a bus to Peru on Tuesday. Looking forward to the 3 day drive!