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Punta Arenas Slideshow
Punta Arenas
Travel Blogs from Punta Arenas, Chile
The Tip of the World
... the center it was already 3:15pm and we were hungry for lunch. Unfortunately, as is the case in many South American cities, Punta Arenas restaurants only cater to certain hours so we missed lunch by 15 minutes and dinner didn’t start until at least ...
Chile! Penguins! Almost the bottom of the world!
... of the Colombian Carribean and the business of Bogota, we have flown to the peace and quiet of the bottom of the world: Punta Arenas, Chile. Punta Arenas is the most southerly city in Chile and, almost, in the world. From here, you can catch a boat to ...
Hasta la vista, amiga!
Von Puerto Natales nach Punta Arenas war die Busfahrt ausnahmsweise richtig kurz, vor allem auch weil keine Zollformalitaten erledigt werden mussten. So konnten wir schon ausschlafen, gemutlich fruhstucken und waren trotzdem schon Mittags in Punta Arenas. ...
WHEN YOU'RE FEELIN' TOO PAMPA'D, GO TO PATAGONIA
Pictures for "Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years," more info available at ...
Lago Grey and the glacier
A two hour drive it Lago Gray this morning and saw at first hand the extent of the fires that have devastated the park over the last month. The ground and the trees were burnt completely black for miles and miles and the fire had got to within a few ...
Chile
... the dock about 40 feet up ... Port scores Manzanilla, Panama 3 days Guyaquil, Ecuador 2 days P.Arenas, Chile 4-5 hours New York ...
Chile
Not originally on the itinerary, we diverted to Punta Arenas to see if there was an agent that could arrange shipping the car back to the USA for us (foreigners are not technically allowed to sell vehicles in any South American country, and the car is ...
Evakuiert!
... zu gewinnen: Fährt unser Schiff übermorgen überhaupt (Aussage der Reederei: Ja!)? Wie sieht es mit Bussen nach Punta Arenas aus (Fehlanzeige!)? Gibt es Straßensperren auf der Strecke (Ja - mehrere!)? Unsere potenziellen Vermieter gaben uns aber den ...
Almost the end of the world - but not quite!
We flew to Puntas Areanas and I wouldn't say it's a pretty city. We had been warned to book ahead here too but we found accomadation when a hoard of people descended on the bus offering rooms. The place we stayed was like some guy had lashed ...
The Three Towers
Richard decided that he had to accept the challenge of walking to the 3 Towers - the most famous local landmark in the Park. Quite a steep hike often involving some climbing ( ot at least scrabbling) up rocks to the summits and the 3 Towers. The hike was ...
Punta Arenas
... 29, 2009 We worked our way through the Beagle Channel to the Straights of Magellan overnight. We awoke in Punta Arenas, Chile this morning. Prior to the opening of the Panama Canal, Punta Arenas was a major port. All ships ...
encore sur la route
apres avoir passer une journee en bateau et en auutobus pour sortir du parc, j'ai encore de la route au menu, un 300 km d'autobus pour revenir a mon point de depart de l'extreme sud. une journee pour faire du lavage, mettre a jour mon blog et ajouter ...
Day 10 - Punta Arenas & Penguins!
... in the dunes - but the paths are laid out to avoid disturbing the penguins too much. The girls were pretty smitten. Punta Arenas is a sizeable town - much larger than Puerto Natales - with some interesting architecture. New Years eve was a big bash ...
Magdalena Island
PENGUINS, PENGUINS AND MORE PENGUINS. Our tour started very early this morning. We tendered to shore, and after a 10-minute bus ride, we got on a ferry. It was a local car ferry, without any cars. It had a passenger ...
Back to Punta Arenas for a night
After hanging out in Puerto Natales for two nights tending to Theo's injuries, we decided to spend a night in Punta Arenas where we would be flying out of to reach Ushuaia. Back on the bus, we found a little hostel called Fin de le Mundo which ...
Splash and Crash
... associated with such history and adventure and for it to feel so normal. A couple more hours of flat plains and I arrived into Punta Arenas a little later than scheduled. Ordered a taxi and was in it only a couple of seconds when BANG (the Crash ...
Punta Arenas
Today we visited one of the most interesting places we have been. Actually, it was because we visited another penguin colony. It was magnificent. We took a short bus ride to the ferry, then we had a 2 hour ferry ride to ...
Cruising the Chilean Fjords
... . We won't be uploading photos until we get home though ... ship only has 56k dial up ... no way! In a few days we'll be visiting the penguins at Punta Arenas, meanwhile today we go to the cinema to see "March of the Penguins". ...
