as promised

ok, here are finally some pictures of the trip. my camera broke after the first week, so these are all early ones, but when i get the pics from the other girls, i'll post some of them as well. i arrived back in santiago this morning at about 730, and i am extremely happy to be back. i'm still in the process of decompressing, so please give me some time to get a hold of you all. i will be sending out emails/pictures/phone calls as soon as i can. thanks again for all the prayers and emails in the last month. it was an amazing, life-changing experience.
fotos:
1-the girls i traveled with, most of the time. this one looked so much like a family foto that we began calling ourselves the patada family (it means 'kick,' long story) and we took a few more family shots during the trip.


this was the view from our tent the first night of camping in torres del paine. it honestly looks like a dream, and that is completely how it looked in person. it was casi painfully beautiful. there were horses just wandering around the campsite at all times. (mom, you would have gone crazy.) i feel like it wouldnt be too ridiculous to see a horn on this horses forehead.


these are the torres (towers). they are huge and amazing. the wind was out of control at the lookout though. there was a lake in the middle (we were way above) and there are waterfalls, more rock formations, etc. it was absolutely incredible. it was about a 3.5 hour hike each way, and the last part was a rock mountain basically, but it was completely vale la pena (worth it.)


this was near the middle of the week, going towards a valle. we stopped because it was too cloudy, and we spent time looking at this glacier on a mountain. this is one of my favorites.


this is in case anyone tries to forget how much of a badass i am. have i mentioned on the blog that i walked 52 miles in 5 days? hell yeah.


this is also a contender for favorite. it was so easy to take these breath-taking pictures that look like they should be on postcards. the clouds were absolutely amazing there, and they moved super fast. (sorry about my english vocab, it's suffering).



ok, like i said, i'll post more from the rest of the trip when i have them from the other girls.
chao.