Hostal Ainil Punta Arenas
C/Lautaro Navarro 230 Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile
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On the Road to Punta Arenas
We left Ushuaia at 7 am this morning hoping to make Porvenir, Chile, by early afternoon. We made excellent progress until we got to the Chile border crossing. The customs line was almost to the next county, so it took us two hours to get what we needed done. Then we hit the dirt road from San Sebastian to Porvenir. The going was pretty tough and slow, and we didn't get here and find the hotel until about 5:30 pm. The compensation ...
Reflections
... Park. On our third attempt the weather was good enough for us to climb the steep snowy slopes of Volcan Villarica. Hours of trudging up 1000 metres was rewarded by arriving at an active crater belching noxious fumes. Then getting to sledge all the way back down, on our bums! It was the best fun, picking up some good speed, curving our way down a channel in the snow, getting some air from little bumps and landing to a spray of snow. Not ready to ...
Week 35 – Dientes de Navarino Trek
... probably want instated to their training program, all of this would have been fine besides the fact that by now our packs felt like they weighed more than when we started and once again our old friend muddy banks was with us all the way my clean shoes giving in pretty much at the first muddy hurdle! Wet feet prevail! Finally we made it to the road for the over 7km walk back to Puerto Williams, our hitching skills are obviously very poor as our thumbs got ignored by the few ...
Day 93 –Shepherds and Seamen
... views and gawking at the large ships that were docked at the pier. The old piers in the area were in complete disrepair, but lent for a perfect perch for the local bird population.
Next, we headed inwards to search for the tourist office we had booked a tour with tomorrow. Instead, on the way we first discovered a local restaurant that promised to be recommended by every guide book published. How could we resist the chance to try the Artisanal beer, La Luna, ...
The Tip of the World
... work on our new copper tree projects.
For lunch, we made our way to the Patio Vistamar on the 3rd floor of the Mercado Municipal overlooking the Strait of Magellan. We were hoping to find some good seafood, and we ended up finding absolutely amazing seafood with a very reasonable price tag (especially for Patagonia). The scallops are definitely the highlight food of Patagonia so make sure to order the ostiones al pil-pil.
After lunch we ...



