Second day of trek in 百內國家公園 Parque Nacional Torres del Paine 21.11.2018

After breakfast, start the 2nd day trek.

First of all, I needed to buy toothpaste and sun block lotion.  There was a small shop at the refugio and I waited it to open that day at 9:00.  However, it's found that sun block lotion had been sold out.  The lady told me that there could be stock at the welcome centre.

I could only started my trek and hope to drop by for the stock up.  When getting to the path facing the Hotel Las Torres Patagonia, I found a small hut at the side of the path.  A guy sat at the entrance and I approached him for direction.   When learning that the welcome centre was at the park entrance, which was at least a 15-minutes walk backward, I decided to drop the idea and continue my trek.  He asked why I needed to get to the welcome centre and told me that he got the items I needed, and at a reasonable price.  It was really a good start of the day for me.

wilderness - I started this morning at 9:30 a.m. Many hikers had already departed quite a while and I shared the nature with myself

Typical vegetation in the Patagonian region (green balls everywhere)

The clouds moved fast and turned grey

Wild guanaco

I could get a sight of it because there was a man bent down for quite a while to take shot of it (with a long zoom lens).

There should be many people on the trek but I took it leisurely and could keep "the whole world" for myself

Logo Nordenskjold

It turned bright again.  With the beautiful lights, I took many pictures

Cordillera del Paine

2 paths, one for men and one for horses

Having lunch at this spot, with the lake on one side and a hanging bridge on the other

Bunches of plants

Suddenly, mist descended and it turned shady.  The lake changed colors

Fierce wind blew the water up and the clouds close to the water

Reached the acampar Frances at around 5:00 p.m.

I got a tent no. 17 which was on the fourth row.  My legs sore and it's quite hard to climb up to it.  After setting up my sleeping bag for the night, I took a hot bath at the public bathroom.  There were quite good public amenities at this site.  The hot water was really refreshing.

Then a lady guide tried to gather 11 of us and cooked dinner for us.  She shared a small cup of berry drink among us.