Plaza Punta Arenas
Jose Noguira 1116 Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile
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Another day, another country and another currency
Well we are in Chile now, and its another currency to deal with. In Argentina, you get about 5 Pesos to the Pound, but in Chile you get 850 Pesos to the Pound!! so its all very confusing trying to work out how much things cost, especially when the cash machine only gives you 10,000 peso notes!! We flew into Punta Arenas from Ushuaia, the flight …
Day 115: December 7, 2007:Calafate to Punta Arenas
Day 115: December 7, 2007: El Calafate to Punta Arenas, Chile My alarm went off at 2:15. I got up quickly. Shirl had been awake for half an hour already, worrying that she wouldn't hear the alarm. We packed our bags and went up to the office. True to form, the cab arrived on time and the birthday party was still in full swing. We arrived at the bus …
Day 118: December 10, 2007 Última Esperanza
Day 118: December 10, 2007 Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas: Seno Última Esperanza We got up around 6:30 and ate breakfast so that we could be at the pier, a few blocks away from the hotel, by 7:30. We left our luggage in the deposito so we could pick it up and leave upon our return from the boat excursion. The day was overcast and windy, not ideal …
Collision Damage Waiver - excellent invention!
Our trip back to Punta Arenas didn't exactly go to plan. The plan was to drive to the Hosteria Las Torres to get a view of 'the towers' from the other side. Only I hadn't planned on getting a left hand drive 4 wheel drive Pick-Up across a very narrow bridge. There was a load bang and I realised that I had hit the wooden bridge with my wheel arch. …
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Day 4
For the second day in a row we had to wake up early for a tour, but not until 8am today. This time we were headed to Tierra del Fuego to see a small King Penguin colony that had started only a few years ago and is the first and only colony outside Antarctica. We grabbed a quick breakfast and waited outside in drizzling rain until ...



