Initial disappointment with sub par hostel accommodation turned to dismay as the evening progressed. Here are a few of the things we will eventually laugh about: giving up our beds in a 4 person room and taking beds in a 6 person room. Enduring the heat, odor, and snoring of 4 strange and burly men until one of them dashed into the attached bathroom with a violent illness. As David's mind played scenes from the movie Outbreak, we both quickly gathered our things ...

Finest trekking and camping so far around Fitz Roy that mostly seemed to make up for the loss of Torres Del Paine. After busing for another 4 hours we were still actually in the same park as the glaciers we saw in El Calafate. We got off the bus and stowed some things off at the only hostel in town with availability for our return in three nights from hiking (the terrible one referenced in the other blog post) and set off on our first hike. The weather is notori...