Puerto Natales is a small little Chilean town with a lot of traffic due to its proximity to the TDP. It’s a lovely town with lot of hostels and camping stores. Like many places in Patagonia it’s a hiking town where walking boots to the pub is a standard. When I arrived I didn’t have plans to stay long in […]
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TDP in Pictures
It is incredibly hard not to put up every photo. Patagonia is like natures annoyingly photogenic mate.
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Poles for TDP?
I had never used walking poles before this trip and the information I was told was they are essential for the O and advised for the W. I asked around my hostel room, from the people who had just finished and there seemed to be mixed opinions. I was keen on the idea of having to rent them and my […]
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Español?
Speaking Spanish in Chile/Argentina is rather useful. A large amount of the community only speak Spanish and you may not be able to find anyone with the knowledge to translate. Having done very little research and not knowing much about South America and hadn’t learned anything before hand. I had a phrase book and I did my best to learn […]
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TDP Route
I took 9 days to hike the Q and spent 9 nights sleeping on the trail, waking up for the ferry back on the 10th morning. I used “a cicerone guide by Rudolf Abraham” – which was written in 2010 and I found to be quite out of date. On top of that I got information from the 3 o’clock […]
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