Arenas Beach Hotel

... and do the hokey pokey, the only thing she could think of. We are now in an internet cafe  in the town of Punta Arenas (look on a map) just about at the end of South America but not quite. Much cooler and windier here as expected. All for now, ...

... for 6 days to get to Porvenir from Ushuaia. We also met Steve, a Brit Expat living in North East Brazil, with his own beach hotel. Steve is on a Honda XR250 and, like us, is making his way round Chile and Argentina having come down through Brazil ...

Only a short one this time as we spent less than 24 hours in Punta Arenas. We arrived after a 5 hour bus ride from Puerto Natales (pretty uneventful). Then we checked into our lovely hotel (it was a South American 5-star, different from a Western hotel ...

... on a pathway only feet away from these little guys. They were only about a foot or so tall. Many of them hung around the beach and by the water. As they got food from the water, they would waddle their way inland, along little paths they had created for ...

... They were very cute and had a comedy way of walking. Despite the lack of attractions, I ended up staying three nights in Punta Arenas. This was mainly because I am extremely lazy and was staying in a hostel which was actually the home of a rather mad but ...

... peninsula. Since the Falklands War, when transport ties were severed between the Falkland Islands and continental Argentina, Punta Arenas has become a major outside link to the archipelago. The Punta Arenas harbour, although exposed to storms, was ...

... go. Some characters have been killed off and those implicated are getting anxious of being caught. We are now in Punta Arenas at a nice hotel Pioner Patagonia just up from the town centre. Easy walking distance. Day 6 16th Feb. Puerto Madryn Our ...

... out for a wander, Rog in his very regal Cossack hat, complete with flap-down ear muffs. Real attention getting!! Punta Arenas isn´t a particularly eye-catching place, altho the civic buildings and banks, of which there is a plethora, are stately and ...

On Saturday we packed up our bags and headed back to the Puerto Montt airport for a flight to Punta Arenas.  Upon arrival in Punta Arenas we definitely got the feeling that we were near the end of the earth.  The landscape was barren and ...

Day 24 Punta Arenas – very different morning and afternoon walks! This morning Trudi and I walked off the ship and onto a tour bus, which crossed the south Chile peninsula past trees bent sideways by the incredible winds here and then through the ...

... time for the visit to the sea lion colony the next morning was the chance to get back in the zodiacs. When we finally got to Punta Arenas in Chile I had decided that I would check out there duty free area to see if I could get a cheap digital SLR as I ...

... of them with him in the center. I count them out ... there are 107 of the suckers! Awesome! I can't sit still on the beach. I make a horrible sunbather. After five minutes, I grab the kids and tell them we are going on an adventure. Neither of them ...

... . (think NZ-style beach but with water several degrees warmer). Thomas was a perfect host, having organised our cheap, clean hotel and guiding us to the beach after 4pm so that we could avoid the $10USD park fee. We had no issues with paying this once or ...

... for the litter they create.  All the roads have litter on the sides, and only the top beaches that are raked are clean.  Arenas beach is the best on the island, so we hung out there most of the time.  The hotel was supposedly booked, but ...

... than the ride over.  Big Corn is a population of around 9000 with maybe 10 tourists. We were the ONLY tourists at a very large hotel.  We could walk out into the ocean for about a half a mile with white sand and clear blue-green water.  It ...

... Argentine Tango as we sailed into Argentina.    Ed and I have colds and we're sore from yesterday's trek around Punta Arenas (Sandy Point).  We opt to stay aboard for our stop at the world's southern-most city.  It' not that cold ...

... . 2:00 pm: Lunch accompanied by reserve wines at "Casa San Regis". 2/16-2/20 Depart Santiago 9:00am Arrive Punta Arenas 12:20pm Hotel Remota Huerto 279 Puerto Natales, Patagonia Phone: (56-61)414040 2/17 Full day tour to be chosen from ...

... being the slow season in Costa Rica and not seeing hardly anyone else on the trail. With tired feet we walked back on the beach to our hotel and got ready to head out again for dinner. We took a taxi to Ronny’s Place which came recommended from ...

... stop.  We also heard that the airport was now closed due to bad conditions.  Our next hotel was Arenas Del Mar which is right on the beach and walking distance to Manuel Antonio National Park.  Our room had a spectacular view of the ...