Cafe del Paine and Pisco Sour

We caught the boat across a lake the colour of bright blue milk, hiked 18km return to Frenchmans Camp in a valley between the horns of Torres and the massif, it was hot, brilliant sunshine, blasted by 80-100km winds at times and arrived exhausted at the most spectacular spot for lunch at the base of a glacier.  We were served hot soup, we had carried our sandwiches, and then a coffee with a delcious slice.  The coffee was offered with a healthy dash of Baileys Irish Cream - Yum!  I have christened the coffee ¨Cafe del Paine¨ (this is pronounced pine -ay) and it will always remind me of this brilliant place.  It was fantastic to be so close to the mountains, we heard several avalanches, like rolling thuder from thousands of metres above us and tiny birds. We walked across swing bridges over rushing streams and drank glacier water.  We walked through beech forests and all the time overwhelmed with the power of the mountains surrounding us.

 I can´t believe we have signed up for a 6 km walk tomorrow, maybe it has something to do with my newest favourite drink that we all had to toast our success today - a Pisco Sour.

Another dream of a day, tiring but wonderful.