Hi All,

I thought you might like to see a podcast I made regarding Torres del Paine national park in Chilean Patagonia. In it, I show pictures of the park and discuss my thoughts on photography.

http://www.thelightandtheland.com/blog/?p=121

Enjoy.

Beautifully done Bruce, thank you.

Fantastic photos. The comment is also bringing depth to an otherwise outstanding slideshow.

Congratulations!

Yes, very well done! Thanks for sharing...

Mike.

Amazing Bruce, very well done, both the photographs and the video! I had the chance to go there last year for 2 days while I was in El Calafate, Argentina. But as you know, the weather there is very complicated and I got bad cloudy and overcast days (barely could see the torres). I don't live that far from there and now your video gives me more motivation to do it again! Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
Luis

Hi Bruce. Beautiful work. You've captured the essence of the place. I'd long dreamed of going to Torres del Paine, after seeing Galen's shots of the place many years ago, which sounds very much like your experience. I finally got there this past February - somewhat of a whirlwind tour - and have already scheduled a longer return trip in December. Thanks for posting.

Regards,
Mort.

P.S. What audio recorder did you end up getting. I've been looking at several of the small compact flash recorders for doing soundscapes, but haven't done enough research to make an informed choice. So I would be interested in what you chose, and why.

Hi Mort,

Thanks for the kin words. I bought the Sony PCM-D50, which is a 4GB flash recorder with additional memory stick capacity of 4GB. If you buy one, get the wind muffler for it - it's a must, and will enable you to get very fine recordings indeed. The wind muffler is nicknamed the 'don king', as it's not too dissimilar to his hair style ;-)

Hi All,

Thanks for the kind words about my first podcast effort. I've now got it registered on iTunes and podcast alley, should anyone want to subscribe. I've decided to go and make one about Iceland now.

Thanks once again for the encouragement. Much appreciated.

Hi everyone,
I'm planning on going to both Torres del Paine and Calafate/El Chalten this December for about 2 weeks. I'd like to rent a car and be mobile while there - any hints about where I should start this excursion from? Ushuaia? Punta Arenas? Puerto Natales? Chalten?

Is driving a rental car between Chile & Argentina hassle-free?

It is the fact that I'd have to return the rental car to the place of origin that is complicating things....anyone rent a car when they visited this area?

I flew into Punta Arenas and from there we grabbed a van into Torres del Paine. I don't remember the specifics, but we got it when we landed. It was a small-ish van... it took 6 or 8 people. The "catch" was that we had to stop by an emu farm or a guanaco farm or something... a small diversion.

We stayed at the Hosteria Los Torres and didn't need transportation otherwise in the park... we hiked from there and took a van tour one day.

I hear that crossing the Chile/Argentina border can be a time consuming endeavor. Depending on the mood of the border guards, it can be an exhausting search.