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We woke up around 7:30am to start our long, 10+ hour journey up the valle francés and up to the even higher británico. both of us had a decent sleep so once we ate a full breakfast we were ready to go explore!
Read Moreluckily i awoke the next morning an hour after our alarm was supposed to go off or else we would’ve been really late!! we quickly got dressed and drove the hour or so into the national park to the catamaran port. there we would leave our beloved van (ché!), pack a bag for a couple nights (clean clothes!!), gather a few food items for sandwiches and games to play and hop on the boat to the refugio.
Read Morewe awoke early the next morning to head to torres del paine and our plan was to leave laguna sofia and then cook breakfast at the base of the mountain before we made the hike up.
Read Morewe woke up around 9am on the side of the highway pretty much frozen and had not gotten a lot of sleep that night. my toes were so cold (even with socks on!) and jared was chilled too. we both realized that this was probably one of the worst sleeps we had had in some time. the night before we had planned on cooking up a great breakfast, but because we were so cold we opted to skip breakfast and continue on our journey to puerto natales.
Read Moreso we decided to chance it and take the ferry from porvenir to punta arenas without tickets to get on the ferry (if you guessed this route, you get 2 pts!). we were told on a sunday it could be difficult to get tickets because people are traveling for the weekend to and from punta arenas so it definitely was a gamble. but we decided why not?!? we’re not on a time table, let’s go for it!!
Read MoreOur flight to santiago was uneventful, which i guess i good; we had just enough time to watch a movie, eat dinner and sleep and when we woke up we were in santiago! when we arrived in santiago, we had a whirlwind 24 hrs to hang out with jared’s host family.
Read Morewe are still in recovery mode from the debauchery that is SXSW. for the few who have never experienced SXSW, it is basically 10 days of constant activity in austin consisting of a 4-day interactive trade show, a 6-night music festival featuring more than 2,100 bands from around the world and a 9-day film festival with more than 400 screenings.
Read Morewell, its about time. it’s about time we went on an adventure, a real adventure. although isn’t it always time to go on an adventure now that i am married to jared shrode?!? we are seeking an adventure that is not about fancy schmancy hotels and the luxuries of life. we want one where we have to cook our own ‘camp cuisine’, sleep in our car, meet interesting people along the way and really see the country that we are exploring.
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