Lago Sarmiento, Torres Del Paine

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Saturday we left Puerto Natales to drive fifty miles north to go wild tenting. Thanks iOverlander.

  

And the wind constructed as much as greet us, foaming the waters of the lake and shaking GANNET2 like a steady small earthquake. However the view in the direction of the again of Torres Del Paine:

We left the campground in Puerto Natales shortly after 9 on Saturday morning.

We had no concept what to anticipate as we drove by means of city right down to the waterfront on our means north. 

We handed a number of campers who clearly had spent the evening on the waterfront. We loved sizzling showers and {an electrical} hookup to recharge our batteries after working them down on the ferry. We had had the fridge on as we traveled so the home batteries had been low after we arrived right here. 

After which we left the city behind and took Route 9 north. Our vacation spot was fifty miles away on cement pavement for 41 miles and on gravel for 9. 

I’m not keen on driving on cement slab roads however these seams had been very easy and we rolled alongside at 45 mph. 

Our cellular phone sign light as we handed the airport and civilization fell away behind us. The sign got here again for a couple of minutes after we handed a small village as a result of the infrastructure in Chile is first fee and nobody is left behind right here. 

“Finish of the World Highway,” the signal is labeled and it felt that means. 

This as you will note isn’t the one bicycle owner we met. There are refuges for bicycles alongside these highways, locations to get out of the climate and set out a sleeping bag in a safe roadside shed. I discover that fairly civilized although I desire my van. 

Then we turned off the principle freeway and obtained on Y-180 a gravel department highway which took us out into the true wilderness. 

These are vicuña, a camelid of the llama household identified for his or her skill to run quick. In addition they stare slightly unnervingly. 

That is Patagonia. 

They pulled over for us and handed us after we parked. 

There have been two different vans within the spot marked in iOverlander however we contented ourselves pulling off the highway in a flat spot of our personal and strolling the seashore. 

The others left after some time, a number of native vehicles swept by means of at excessive velocity and the cyclists had been lengthy gone. We put up Starlink and our photo voltaic panels had been cranking strongly within the austral solar. 

I took some precautions towards the wind: 

The again doorways we left open for some time as we had been parked nostril into the wind. 

A day by the lake. Fairly splendid.

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