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“North to South”

27/05/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Road Music – Disc#5 Silent Alarm Remixed by Bloc Party With our legs aching and our bellies rumbling after a long day hiking, we jumped in the van and headed out of El Chaltén on Ruta 23. It was around 6pm and as we drove out the town our mirrors were quickly filled with a beautiful late day vista of Fitz Roy, resisting being wrapped in the advancing night clouds it wanted to salute our departure. As we headed east […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY, ROAD MUSIC, Uncategorized • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Bloc Party, Campervan, Career Break, Fitz Roy, Latin America, Patagonia, Road Music, Silent Alarm, South America, Spotify, Travel, Travelling, Vagabonding, Wicked Van

The Rosario Red

25/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Walking down from a days hiking to the top of El Chaltén in Patagonian, Argentina I had one if those moments that you just don’t expect or can believe. I’d walked up there in my Nottingham Forest shirt, not sure why I’d put it on that morning – I just had. The trek had been hard going, particularly towards the top but we were close to getting back and I was looking forward to some dinner and obviously a beer. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Career Break, El Chaltén, Fitz Roy, Football, Foreign Fanclub, Latin America, Nottingham Forest, Patagonia, Rosario, South America, Travel, Travelling, Tricky Trees

Ice ice baby

20/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Never have I seen something that looks (and sounds) like this. A gigantic slug of ice, which makes the huge valley it occupies look small and the ice trekkers on it like ants. When I first saw it emerge from behind a twisty Ruta 11 turn, I nearly drove off the road. It’s spectacular. I imagine a few people are reading that introduction and thinking, “come on Marco, it’s a big ice cube – it can’t be all that”. Well […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Career Break, Glacier, Ice, Latin America, Patagonia, Perito Moreno Glacier, Photography, South America, Travel, Travelling, Wonder of the World

Old Smokey

20/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Next stop on the roller coast of astonishing Southern Patagonian sights it was time to head to the iconic ‘smokey mountain’; Fitz Roy. Unfortunately, we had no idea whether it was smokey or not. We arrived to thick cloud covering the range and after we nipped to the tourist office it began to rain, and rain, and rain. Abysmal. Undeterred we pitched up at a quirky French run campsite on the north side of the mountain and sat it out. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Career Break, El Chaltén, Fitz Roy, Hiking, Laguna Capri, Laguna de los Tres, Laguna Piedras Blancas, Latin America, Patagonia, Photography, Smokey Mountain, South America, Travel, Travelling, Trekking

“We argue, we don’t fight”

17/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Road Music – Disc#4 If You Wait by London Grammar We opened our camper van doors to a morning of sun, a cold breeze and pink flamingos! The latter were taking breakfast on Laguna Nimez, the shores of which had been our home for the night. After lunch we headed out of El Calafate on Ruta 11 on a mission to see some bloody big ice in the form of the Perito Moreno Glacier. Given our destination I thought we […]

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A window of opportunity

15/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

As we summited the main view-point of Torres Del Paine with virtually clear blue skies and bright sunshine we realised how lucky we had been. Before our arrival the park had been closed due to horrendous conditions on the mountain passes and as it transpired would close again 3 days later due to heavy snow. With little planning, and without really knowing, we had a window of opportunity and we made the most of it. With its unmistakable cathedral-like spires, […]

Categories: Chile, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Backpacking, Career Break, Chile, Hiking, Latin America, Mountains, Patagonia, Photography, South America, Torres Del Paine, Travel, Travelling, Trekking, Vagabonding

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