Submitted by Alyssa Santiago on the 2020 winter session study abroad program in Chile sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures…
Water and nature are so beautiful. These falls in Torres del Paine contained the most beautiful colored water of shades of turquoise and looked like silk. But what they don’t tell you about bodies of water in Torres del Paine is the closer you are to the water, the windier it gets. This view almost blew me away, literally! To get close to the water, you have to fight against the wind that’s knocking you over just to take a peek, but it was worth it! Rain with this wind was not a good combination.
Driving to Torres del Paine for the first time we stopped along the way to take a picture of this beautiful view!! Besides the prickles that collected on my socks immediately, I knew the sites I would see this weekend would be once in a lifetime. Torres del Paine is a part of Patagonia or aka the end of the world because it’s the closest point to Antarctica! Surprisingly, it was not very cold except for the wind that reached almost 60-65 km that day. Other than that, the sun was warm because it is summer for Chile right now. This view will forever change my life. This is Lago de Grey in Torres del Paine and contained the first glacier I have ever seen in my life (not pictured). You can drink the lake water and eat the little red berries. The trek to this point was a view out of a movie, but this lookout point was breathtaking. I stood in the same spot in awe for a good five minutes at least. I would also not mind being proposed to here.
