At long last, I have uploaded my photos from Patagonia... here are just a few images from my 5-day trek through Torres Del Paine National Park in the South of Chile.

It is nearly impossible to capture the immense size of a glacier in photos... but here is Glacier Pehoe, from afar and zoomed in to see its blue hue

Glacier Pehoe is on the right, the lake on the left.  After a short drizzle, the warm sun broke through the clouds...

The lakes are SO BLUE in Patagonia.  And rainbows are a daily vision in TDP, as bright sunshine is usually preceded with or followed by a dark rain cloud or sprinkle of snow or hail

LOS CUERNOS ("HORNS") DEL PAINE, as seen from Los Cuernos Refugio (Shelter/Lodge) where I spent one night

LOS TORRES DEL PAINE - Obscured By Clouds.  After cooling my heels for a day at the nearest refugio (Chileno) waiting out some bad weather, I was happy to make it to the top and the finish of the "W" trek... even if it wasn't a picture-perfect day.  The last hour of the trek to get here required scaling wet rocks and boulders on a steep incline... totally worth it. 

Ahhhh... a glimpse of my final descent, the peaceful and rare practically downhill-only trek from Refugio Chileno (usually each downhill is followed by a brutal uphill) - a beautiful way to end my rewarding 5-day, 70+ kilometer trek through Torres Del Paine.