Journey To The End of The World

 We flew down to Punta Arenas early Sunday morning. We got in the car just in time to catch the sunrise and rode four hours to reach Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. They call this region 'The end of the World.'

 Our eyelids were battling our eyeballs the whole ride as we fought off the urges to doze in between gazing at the beautiful scenery.

 

We stayed at Tierra. It had just opened so they were still working out a few kinks but the architecture and the views were stunning. 

With a view like this who could complain?! 

I love how seamlessly it blends with the landscape.  

We dropped our bags in our rooms and headed right down to Lago Sarmiento to start exploring. It was nice and windy just as Patagonia promises. 

 These were some incredible geological formations called Stromatolites. They were formed in shallow water by trapping, binding, and cementing sedimentary grains with cyanobacteria. (Which is blue green algae)Stromatolites are special because they provide some of the oldest records of life on earth. 

I'm not sure if Henry was foraging for Calafate berries or following the armadillo that he and my mom saw.  

 

 After our stomachs started growling we headed back to fill our bellies with lunch and plan out our excursions for the next few days.