Finally we arrived somewhere which perfectly fitted the descriptions of Patagonia we had been reading about - windy, barren, moody and dramatic...Puerto Natales.
We found a room in the home of a local lady for a tenner and then got our walking shoes on to climb up to the mirador. We first had to walk about 11Km out of town to get to the mountain and when we finally arrived we were accosted by a group of farmers who were either pissed or a bit mental asking us for money to cross their land! We were taken into a woman`s cabin and asked for 5 pounds each to climb to the mirador, and have tea afterwards. In the middle of explaining this to us the woman had to leave to be sick in the loo, nice! We weren´t going to pay a fiver for the climb so we claimed we had no money again and again until she let us pass.
Every time I end up half way up a mountain I ask myself, why am I doing this??? I HATE climbing up hill, but the view is always worth it and this time we certainly werent disappointed..
Cute little sandwich bar made from wood, we fueled up on hamburgers before the climb
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