Travel Blog Photos from Punta Arenas, Chile (2,170)
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Hello folks, Philsy and Starky calling from Punta Arenas at the southern tip of the South American mainland, having left Tierra del Fuego in our wake. The journey so far from Ushuaia has been hard, but we're bearing up. It wasn't the best start as we set ...
To get to Punta Arenas we take a Lan Chile flight that lands in Puerto Montt half way to drop off and pick up passengers. The flight takes about three hours in total, and on the second leg we have a sense of deja vu as we are fed the same in-flight meal ...
... (both are stupidly expensive), and so Antarctica will have to wait for another time... From Ushuaia we caught a bus up to Punta Arenas in Chile (our last country in South America!) but on hindsight we should have gone straight up to Puerto Natales, as ...
... over the first sheep to the town all the way from New Zealand. Sheep herding quickly became the foundation for the Punta Arenas economy and a recognizable symbol for the entire Patagonia region. Matter of fact, I later learned that the typical meal of the ...
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32 day adventure to Central and South America
Posted on Jul 19, 2009, 16:07:10
... will be visiting in the search box. Beware some may need a little tweaking. Punta Areas will most likely bring up Punta Arenas, Chile. Manta will tell you all about manta rays. See example below........... Good luck, and if you need more specific info, ...
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32 day adventure to Central and South America
Posted on Jul 17, 2009, 15:21:57
... will be visiting in the search box. Beware some may need a little tweaking. Punta Areas will most likely bring up Punta Arenas, Chile. Manta will tell you all about manta rays. See example below........... Good luck, and if you need more specific info, ...
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Mexico to Belize
Posted on Jul 15, 2009, 13:23:57
... Punta Allen, and its not all that easy to get to. Watch out as this site is mixed up with some blogs from Punta Arenas, Chile. Akumal - not really worth it, you will see much better along the way. Xcaret - A disneyesque nature park. My grand children ...
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World's most hard-to-get-to places
Posted on May 29, 2008, 16:26:15
... all the way to the South Pole. For $42,000, amateur explorers are guided by an expert, beginning in Punta Arenas, Chile. The group flies to Patriot Hills, Antarctica, spending two days adjusting to the climate--which can reach 20 degrees Fahrenheit-- ...
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