Iguazu, Ushuaia, Torres Del Paine

A lot to tell but not a lot of time, so I´ll try my best again.

First some photos of the rose garden that I saw in Buenos Aires during my last few days. A beautiful garden.

The waterfalls were beautiful. We first visited the Argentinan side together (Valerie and I) (because of a time limit we had to visit the Argentinan side first), and the day after I visited the Brazilian side.
The Argentinan side has a few big routes, so you can see the waterfalls from a low viewpoint up to a high viewpoint. We took a short boattrip that day that brought us really close to the waterfalls, we got really wet and it was hard to see anything because of all the water splashing into your face. It was a great feeling and we had a lot of fun sitting in that boat! Of course the weather was great so we were dry in no time. The park was not that crowded so we got enough of opportunities to see the falls really good.
The day after I saw the Brazilian side. The parc is a lot closer but the view you get there is very different. Just look at the photos, it is hard for me to describe how I felt when seeing those falls.
After seeing the Brazilian side I had some time left to visit the point where the three borders come together (Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina). Nothing very special, but nice to see.

Right after that I took a flight to Ushuaia. When I got there it was snowing! From the heat to the cold. I immediately bought a hat.
The hostel there was absolutely great, the two people working there were very sweet, helping me with everything and organizing trips.
The first whole day I spent going to a national park for a day of hiking in the snow. The sky was cloudy and misty so we did not see a lot, but what we saw was great! (We is two girls from holland I met there and a girl from Ireland). The day after I took a boat trip on the Beagle Channel to watch the pinguins and sealions. The view was amazing, because it was less cloudy that day.
The day after there was a trip to lake Esmeralda, unfortunately we had to stay in the group while hiking. Because of the big group we did not find the lake, I´m sure I would have found it if I would have walked alone.
When I got back the guy who runs the hostel felt sorry for me and he lended me a bicycle so that I could make a short tour to the beach (with rock). From that point you could see the whole town.
I absolutely loved Ushuaia. Especially after Buenos Aires. The air as so fresh and there was nature everywhere, I look a lot healthier now.

The two dutch girls, Lonneke and Eline, and a girl from England, Neha, were planning on going to hike at the national park Torres del Paine. I told them that I really wanted to do something like that as well and they were so sweet to wait one more day so that I could join them!

Now of course comes the story of the hike. Five days (4 nights) hiking through the mountains of Torres del Paine. The hike was hard at some moments: freezing cold at night in the tents, carrying all of your own stuff, no showers or electricity. We walked 75 kilometers in 5 days. Everyday setting up the tent, cooking your pasta or mashed potatoes, wear everything you have to be as warm as possible in the tent, sleep for 4 hours if you´re lucky because it is just too freaking cold, get up at 6 or 7 to make pouridge or soup for breakfast, get all the stuff in the backpacks again and walk for hours again. It was nice to fill your waterbottle in the river, clean your dishes in the river, and wash yourself and your clothes in the river when the sun is shining. I´m very happy to have done this with these new friends, without them I couldn´t have done it! Again I cannot describe how my view was, I think you can only understand it when you see it yourself. I feel very lucky to see all these beautiful places.

Right now I´m back in Puerto Natales, the village from where we arranged our hike. Tomorrow the four of us are going to El Calafate to visit the Perito Moreno Glacier. Maybe won´t travel alone for a while, because Lonneke and Eline have some of the same travel plans.
After El Calafate I don´t know what I will do, maybe to Chalten and than up to Bariloche. I´lll find out when I´ll find out!

Saludos desde Chile!