Punta Arenas

It was sad this morning to leave Tierra Patagonia - made beautiful memories there and met such lovely people . As we were heading down the long driveway saw a family of young foxes .
We had a 4.5 hour drive down to Punta Arenas . The scenery was wide open plains that just went on for ever . Not sure what word to use to describe it as vast seems inadequate . We saw some sheep , gunacos ( the llamas that are all over this area) and were lucky a few times to see condors flying overhead but they are so hard to photograph.
( the blurred photo is a condor) .Stopped at a quirky little cafe literally in the middle of no where for a comfort break .
Punta Arenas itself is not really that photogenic and it’s bloomin chilly ( here in Chile🤣) with a fierce breeze blowing in from Antarctic . The sea front has a statue of Ernest Shackleton pointing south to the Antarctic. Saw lots of cormorants on the sea shore . Verity unhappy as our fellow travelling companions were off on a cruise to Antarctica- but that’s not on our itinerary!
Hotel is pretty ordinary with no view other than a parking lot from our window . We are both shattered from the hiking of the last 3 days so early night as early start for next stop in our adventure .Read more