It´s snowing.....

Hey everyone and HAPPY birthday to Granny Guy - 21 again today - lots of love and we hope you have a great day.

So, we have gone from balmy cafe culture in Santiago to freezing cold in currently snowing Puerta natales. Yesterday was fun - another 3am start to get our flight, uncomfortable plane, then bus for 3 hours with lots of snoozing on the way. We passed the ferry terminal in punta arenas where, if you want to, you can get the boat to Antarctica. We decided not to (no pubs or chip shops, we think).

So we are staying at a really nice hostel called Los carretas with a nice big warm room and private bathroom, with hot showers. Bit of hostal luxury before our next adventure. Tomorrow, we are setting off for the Torres del Paine national park for 6 nights. We are staying in little refugios (small basic huts with bunk beds and toilets) so we don´t carry tents but we do carry food, sleeping bags and clothes for 5 to 6 days of trekking. The wikipedia link below gives a sense of what we are doing (´w´ circuit).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine#Hiking

Obviously, we won´t have internet access for a few days - in fact most areas of the park will just be connected by radio signal. So, we will update (probably with lots of pictures!) when we get back to civilisation, currently planned to be on Dec 8th. If it is any earlier it will be due to getting lost or picked up by the helicopter of shame courtesy of our insurance company. The route is supposed to be well marked and idiot proof, but still nina will not be directing this trek - glenn is in charge of getting the map the right way round. We are now off to buy a compass....

Love to everyone
Nina and Glenn xxx