Patagonia+Easter Island=Happy Danny. Beef+Wine=Happier Danny
This was a nice trip marred by sleeping in the Santiago Airport both times to and from Chile. As you can see boredom sets in during these situations:
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After Easter Island me and my friend Marisa had a short stopover in Santiago and got to go around and see the city a bit and get a bite to eat. This city reminded me a lot of Buenos Aires in a way. It was laid out the same way with a lot of parks and a lot of places to sit and relax and have a drink. I will definitely go back and spend more time there but the main focus of my trip was Easter Island and then Patagonia….
I had already been to the Argentine Patagonia a year before and fell in love with it, so I decided to go to the Chilean part. I too fell in love with this part as we stayed in the small town of Coyhaique. The airport we flew into was about 55 km away and it was a nice ride. We really didn’t have a plan going there, but we just knew we wanted to be there. We stayed in a nice little hostel called the Patagonia Hostel, which was run by a German and very clean and tidy. The town in itself had a lot of places to eat and drink and was very cozy. I really didn’t want to leave…
One of the days we ended up taking a long excursion to the Capilla de Marmol, which are beautiful rock formations on the lake. As you can see from the pictures below it was extremely cold and I could not get the best pictures, but I tried my hardest…
The next day we decided WHEN IN PATAGONIA, DO WHAT THE PATAGONIANS DO, so we decided to get an excursion up to a horse farm and ride horses around the mountains and valley. The ranch was very well kept and the owner made us pizza in his little oven. The scenery as you can see form the pictures below was beautiful, however it was colder than hell…..
This trip to Chile taught me one thing. I sure as hell want to go back and explore more of Patagonia. I would like to town jump and stay a few days in each of the little towns in cozy places, as that is what makes an adventure…..