Hostal Oro Fueguino Punta Arenas

Our last day in Patagonia had arrived. However, before we returned our joke of a rental car, we decided to visit a small penguin colony just outside Punta Arenas. I have rarely seen worse roads - there was a tractor just ahead of us literally plowing up the gravel road in front of us. This brought large pieces of rock to the surface which hit the underside of our car repeatedly. We lost count of ...

... pas grd chose a voir ms je crosi que la terre de feu cest ca: rien... mais ce rien est avoir... steppe alinfini, des distances enormes enbtre chq ville reliee par un chemin cailloutaux au milieu de ces champs infnis. un vent permanent... un calme impressionnant
on marchera pas mal ce jour la....

... Hambre, was the disastrous first Spanish attempt to establish a colony in the area and gain control of the Strait of Magellan. We then drove the 60km back to Punta Arenas arriving just after 2pm. We had to take a walk into town to find a bank and then spent then remainder of the afternoon planning ahead for the next few weeks. We returned to same restaurant for tea at 7.30pm, returned to our hostel packed our bags before watching a film before bed.

We arrive in Punta Arenas in the afternoon with a few hours to explore this wonderful port city on the Strait of Magellan. Although we are told it brings good luck, we do not kiss the foot of the Patagon situated on one side of Ferdinand Magellan's statue in the main square. And you ask what is a Patagon? This mysterious race of people, first described by Magellan during his journey ...

Tja, naast de avonturen bij de tandarts is dit dan ook echt het zuidelijkste puntje van mijn reis. Punta Arenas is op zich verder niet zo heel bijzonder overigens. Wel mooi om bij de straat van Magellaan te staan overigens. Grappig was dat we hier Greg weer tegen het lijf liepen. We hadden hem in Puerto Madryn ontmoet, en hij bleek later weer bij ons in de ...

... She gave us a 15% discount voucher for our room. We walked across the street and booked ourselves in. The concierge showed us our rooms and we almost fell over in delight. The room was enormous, a great view of the city offered by the glass wall. The beds and pillows soft and clean and the bathroom was fit for a king. We are ecstatic, what a fitting way to end our trip. We unpack and head down to the bar, our last night of the trip deserves a round of ...

... running helped but I just wanted to get back. When I saw the top of the lodge in the distance I all of a sudden forgot the pain, all I was thinking was safety, food, hot showers, I hope collingwood wins the bloody flag this year and family and friends. I know there are more dangerous things that people do but for me this was pretty close to the most dangerous thing that has happened to me, but I would not take back one minute. I really wanted to know what it was like. As I ...

... Patagonia lives by different rules. Its colours are not in our nature and its nature, wild and unpredictable, makes ours dull by comparison. There is something of the twin peaks about Patagonia too, and at least that makes some sense of the Welsh connection. And, like the Welsh, the Patagonians can never be accused of being the beautiful people. Living miles from your neighbour ...

... no hi havia molt a veure, vaig arribar plovent i amb fred. Vaig trobar rapidament allotjament per pocs diners, ple de gringos i dues israelianes. Vaig poder voltar per la ciutat, el primer era el cementiri, una joia arquitectonica. Vaig estar estona voltant i voltant, mirant la quantitat de noms dŽarreu que hi havien. Molts noms eslaus, castellans, portuguesos, anglesos... Aquesta zona de va estar molt poblada de europeus ...

I arrived in Puerto Montt at 12.30am, managed to wake up some Chilean lady and in my unbroken Spanish managed to persuade her to give me a bed, I think she was happy for the extra money! Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas. A Chilean couple offered to give me their seats so I could sit next to the window, so who was I to refuse their generosity. The views of the snow covered Patagonian Andes from the Pacific were ...