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As I was climbing over this northern ridge of Cerro Paine a vast stratocumulus cloud arrived over the turqu...(more)
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The larger Lago Dickson is fed by the impressive Glacier Dickson which flows down from Cerro Cubo. Refugio Dickson lies on that stretch of grassland below.
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One of the many highlights on the Torres del Paine full circuit is the proglacial lake of Laguna d...(more)
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The turquoise-coloured Lago Paine on the backside of Paine Massif is connected to Lago Dickson further west via Rio Paine. To ...(more)
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After Gardner Pass, the trail drops almost 700 m vertically down through a dense beech forest before emerging at...(more)
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A long section of the trail between Campo de Las Perros and John Gardner Pass runs under the dense cover of the beech for...(more)
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If trees were like humans, the scene here would fit the description of a carnage - charred remains on scorched eart...(more)
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Setting off from Refugio Dickson it was an arduous hike to the highest point on the circuit of Torres...(more)
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After the spectacular sunrise at the top of the island, I wasted no time running down...(more)
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The salt flat is not perfectly flat and nearer to the "island" it is no longer s...(more)
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Isla Incahausi with its giant cacti basking under a cloudless sky. It is difficult to get an exact white balance and the sky seems to come out with an incredible turquoise hue for some reason.
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The small village of Colchani is the usual point of access to the giant salt flats of Uyuni. Loc...(more)
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Riding along Ruta 30 I left near the little village of Colchani to head into the Salar de U...(more)
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The misery of hiking in bad weather against strong gusts and through heavy snow would be over I thought as I a...(more)
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Perched on a precipitous mountain ridge at 2,430m above Urubamba Valley, overlooking the fast flowing rive...(more)
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Despite its headache-inducing altitude of 5,250m a.s.l. Pastoruri, a cirque glacier measuring about 4 km in length is readily acces...(more)
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The sad fate of this once magnificent glacier is very much evident from the view here - not only has it retreated from those tar...(more)
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Standing forlonly the now derelict ski lift at Chacaltaya rattles in the occasional gust that sweeps down the huge open ...(more)
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Since Incan times, the subterranean stream in Maras has been harvested for its salt. The method by which salt is obtained has la...(more)
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Visitors to the township of Torotoro is greeted by a life-sized replica of Carnotaurus. Despite its tiny comical-looking for...(more)
