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Travel theme: Parks

June 25, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Ailsa over at Where’s my backpack’s weekly travel theme is parks. I couldn’t think of a more perfect theme. If you have been following my blog, you probably know that I am an avid hiker and find myself at peace in parks. I have been to many beautiful parks in my life, however, there are a few that have stayed in my heart and soul forever. Places of such eternal, everlasting beauty that I will never forget them. Here is […]

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Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, BLOGGING, Chile, El Chalten, Iceland, Other Photo Challenges, Perito Moreno Glacier, San Carlos de Bariloche, Torres del Paine NP, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: Argentina, Chile, CULTURE, Hiking, Iceland, Patagonia, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, trekking

The Magic of Torres del Paine revisited

May 10, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Lately I’ve been having fun playing around with new iPhone applications like Snapseed and Instagram. For a novice photographer, these photo processing applications are a ton of fun. You just snap away and can process the picture into amazingly different styles right at your fingertips. Since early spring, I’ve been using my iPhone a lot to take pictures, mostly of flowers. One reason is that it is so easy and portable. I always have it with me usually in my […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Chile, PHOTOGRAPHY, Torres del Paine NP, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking

Farewell Patagonia…until we meet again

August 21, 2011 by thirdeyemom

The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. – Samuel Jackson We woke up Saturday morning to perhaps one of the most perfect days in Patagonia. The birds were singing in full glory to welcome the rising sun above the serene Patagonian landscape. The sky was as blue as the sea and clear except for a few lazy powder puff clouds lingering off in […]

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The unforgettable hike to the flagship “Torres” del Paine

August 19, 2011 by thirdeyemom

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson Today was it. The final leg of the “W” trek to the infamous, mysterious las torres, the towers, which are the trademark of this incredible park. It was going to be a long, tiring hike taking […]

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The calm after the storm: Day 4 Hike in Torres del Paine National Park

August 17, 2011 by thirdeyemom

“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith We rose leisurely, after being trapped for hours in the snow crusted refugio high nestled beneath los cuernos in Torres del Paine National Park. My body felt at peace for once after being so cold, tired and distraught over our miserable, long day of trekking in the Patagonian elements. I pulled […]

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A wet, cold day hiking in the icy Patagonian rain

August 16, 2011 by thirdeyemom

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru After a fitful night sleep with pelting rain against our paper-thin tent and a real fear that our tent would up and wash away in the flooding waters underneath us, we awoke to utter, damp cold. Throughout the night, I pulled on whatever pieces […]

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The Windy Hike in Search of Grey Glacier

August 15, 2011 by thirdeyemom

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary Wednesday we woke up at our usual time of seven o’clock and were the earliest risers in the entire place. I was surprised that no one else in the jam-packed refugio was up because today’s hike was going to be a big one. We would start the park’s famous “W” trek with a 17-mile, 8 hour trek to the Grey Glacier. The “W” trek is the most popular […]

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Traveling in Patagonian style: Cascada’s Eco Camps

August 9, 2011 by thirdeyemom

There are few places in the world that stir up such longings and true joy of Mother Nature than Patagonia…. We arrived at the insanely beautiful Torres del Paine National Park around 5:30 PM, completely blown away by its unforgettable beauty. After taking a few photos near the entrance of the park, we climbed back into our van and drove in utter silence trying to take in the raw splendor of this incredible place. Not long after entering the park, […]

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A Drive to the Far End of the World

August 8, 2011 by thirdeyemom

“A mere glance of the landscape was enough to make me realize how entirely different this was, of all what I had ever seen until then.” Charles Darwin “The Voyage of the Beagle”. Our morning in Punta Arenas ended up being quite startling. The wind conditions in town were so abhorrent that there was not a soul in town except us, the two ugly Americans, checking things out. The wind gusts were like nothing I’d ever experienced. You would be in […]

Welcome to Punta Arenas! A Day at the End of the World

August 5, 2011 by thirdeyemom

Patagonia’s utter remoteness and isolation has added to its appeal because it has helped keep the hordes of tourists out and allow only the true adventurers in. In fact, getting to Patagonia is half the adventure. It often requires well over 24 hours of travel. For us, it took three flights totaling 17 hours in the air just to reach Punta Arenas, one of the southernmost commercial airports in the world and our launching off point for Torres del Paine National […]

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