The very uninteresting scenery on the way from Calafete to Paine National Park
The Paine Range
The panorama from near our hostel
There are thousands of these Guanacos in the park (a relative of the Llama)
The Towers of Paine
View from the lookout at the top of the moraine.
The ‘Horns’ on the Paine Range
Grey Lake and Grey Glacier in the distance
Meeting the ‘locals’
In many ways, I made a fortuitous decision to take a day tour to the port city of Valparaiso when I stayed over in Santiago for a final day on my way home from the Galapagos islands. I’m going back a week, or so, in time with this post but a lot has happened over […]
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Quito is a bustling city that in many ways reminds me of Lisbon in Portugal. Both are strong Catholic cities with steep hills and narrow streets. I think Quito is in a better state of repair. It is situated in a valley in the northern Andes that is about 5 km wide and 57 km […]
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I’ve just returned from spending two days in the cloud forest at Bellavista Lodge, high up above the Tandayapa Valley, 85 kilometres to the North East of Quito. I left Quito at 6.30 am yesterday and travelled for about two hours to reach the lodge. It is set in eight square kilometres of steep-sided sub-tropical […]
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Hey, Bruce, in the ‘Meeting the Locals’ photo, which one is Jill?
Looks wonderful can’t wait for the verbal stories
Firstly, thankyou for your kind comments Mr Brown!!!!
New Zealand scenery is pretty impressive too, but we girls are also finding the best eating spots and cafe culture around. Why make it an endurance test!!
Freedom for all guanacos!
Bruce, I’m glacial green/blue with envy, especially as I’ll be so close next month and yet so far due to inaccessability. Glad you didn’t persuade me to do the trek…….sounds exhausting. Your guanaco photo reminded me of a kangaroo Did my earlier comments get through?/
Fantastic photos Bruce. What scenery!!!!!!
I will refrain from making any comments re how hard all the walking seems(….relative to the rigours of NZ) until we catch upStay well …and keeps blogging!!!!
Thanks
Rob