Last week when we finished the Inca Trail, we reached the end of our initial planning. At that point we were in Cusco and had no hotel, bus, or anything else booked until our departure flight in August! So what did we do? Booked a bus out for the next morning and walked down the street to check into a new hostel. Since then we've been thinking and moving on our feet: our entire trip we haven't spent even 48 consecutive hours in the same place. We have a general idea where we're going, but not booking much more than 24 hours in advance, which is easy to get away with since it's not the high season.
So next we're going to Patagonia!
Our plan was "Peru into Bolivia then South until we get too cold", but we've come up with a new, better plan! Our Inca Trail friends Kelly and Laura recommended the W Trek in Torres Del Paine, Chile, so on April 20th we'll be flying down the whole length of Chile to do that! This is almost as far south as you can get on land, not counting Antarctica. We're flying into Punta Arenas, which is on the Straight of Magellan!
We'll be spending 5 days hiking in the Torres del Paine park (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_del_Paine_National_Park) staying overnight in serviced cabins called "Refugios." The mountains and glaciers are stunningly rugged, and even though it's so far south, it's only 53°S latitude, the northern equivalent of Newfoundland or the UK (but minus the warming gulf stream), so highs for are trip will average 50°F and lows 32°F. We won't mind because we'll be nice and warm in the refugios!
Peter
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