Sunday Feb 4 |
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| I'm in Coihaique now, the only real city (= 40000 people) within 1000km to each sides. Time to buy some stuff, spend some hours in the internet cafe (where nothing seems to work...;-)), etc. Going to Argentina tomorrow, continuing on south. |
Friday Feb 2 |
| Running (Hiking) 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| up to a lake. Absolutely awesome, with all the mountains and forest surrounding it. Great weather too (which is unusual, as it's supposed to rain here usually). |
Thursday Feb 1 |
| Running (Hiking) 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| met two swiss guys on the way and I'm travelling with them further down south on the carretera. The landscape is getting more and more impressive all the time. This place is magic. And HUGE.
Went up to a hanging glacier today. |
Wednesday Jan 31 |
| Running (Hiking) 3:00:00 [1] | |
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| walking along the Carretera for 15km to the next camp site. Was glad to get there after a while... too many flies and other insects, and 25-30kg on your back doesn't make you feel better.
Went up to some other water falls in the evening. |
Tuesday Jan 30 |
| Running (Hiking) 1:20:00 [2] | |
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| I'm in the Parque Pumalin now. This is the largest private nature park in the world. US-American Douglas Tompkins, former owner of the clothing brand 'Esprit', has been buying land down here since the 90s and created a really nice park here with lots of nice trails and camp sites. The park is huge, probably about half the size of Switzerland. Reminds me a bit of Ticino here, only that everything is 1000 times bigger and the forests are real jungles (rainforests).
Walked/ran up to some hidden waterfalls, really impressive!
This region here is the beginning of the famous 'Carretera Austral', a 1200km long gravel road, the only road they have here. It's just pure wilderness here. |