Snow on the Carretera Austral. Part III. June. Puerto Rio Tranquilo to Cochrane. Patagonia.

“Even in March, people were arriving from Ushuaia telling us how we’re ‘gonna die down there’. But it turns out it’s all hype. It was colder in Bariloche than it was in Ushuaia! It’ll be fine. I mean, really, I’m not sure what the big deal is.”   The words of travellers in Villa Cerro Castillo. A few days later we were camping in -11C and 3 foot of snow.

Carretera Austral part II. June. Coyhaique to Puerto Tranquilo. Catedrales de Marmol.

…Heading into Patagonian Winter and all the inevitable suffering it would entail, I started to question whether it was all worth it. Then the temperatures started to plummet and the landscapes turned white and my unhelpful attitude started to changed.  I came to realise this would be a whole new experience for me and the excitement I once knew and associated with this trip began to return.  A whole new set of logistics and challenges would be surfacing and I felt that I would be growing once more.