ABorted any chance of my visiting the misty spires.
Have aquired this picture to illustrate the breathtaking naturism.
Paine in the rain
Category: travel
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine represents a trekkers utopia: Glaciated mountains, lots of wildlife and few people, plus the danger of cold, damp musty mornings, lengthly treks and horrific semi-polar conditions to boot.
A unique and heady mix bringing climbers, trekkers, mountain bikers and hairy slacker types from all around the planet.
Porto Natales
Having spent a night in non-descript Porto Arenas, I’ve moved on to gateway to Torres del Paine, the Porto Natales, also in Chile.
Boring Bus
Have taken boring bus journey over to Chile.
This should satisfy my curiousity for the place they call ‘Torres del Painne’.
Museo fin del Mundo
This means museum at the end of the world. Fin del Mundo.
Fascinating
Many things lie in this museum, some are quite fascinating (im not kidding).
Many ships and planes have crashed here and stories of savage seas, freezing weather and inhospitable locals adorn the walls.
Sinkage
One of the biggest ship sinkages involved a passenger steamer with 1,500 Europeans mostly Germans (surprise, surprise).
This was more than the whole population of Ushuaia at that time (C.1915).
Lodgers
Stranded people had to lodge with famalies in Ushuaia,
1,500 of them to 836 locals.
Death
The captain was the only one who died.
He was unable to escape in time, rooting for papers apparently, heavy smoker dont yer know.
This and many other exciting stories are there to behold in the Museo fin del Mundo.
Well worth the money.