Journey towards the end of the world!

We had breakfast at 8am which was just as good as the one we had in the same hotel a few days ago. Yesterday's culprits were noticeably subdued, but there was no sign of an apology or of any negative consequences for them. I'm sure people will have something to say if that situation doesn't change!

We were on the road by 9am, back on the Ruta del Fin del Mundo heading towards Punta Arenas. As we left Punta Natales, there was a short thick rainbow apparently clinging to the rocks in the bay. It was beautiful.

The scenery for the rest of the drive was very flat and bleak. There was little to see for many, many miles! We had a stop for toilets and coffee at a hotel and then another one at a service station for a truck lunch. We took the opportunity to spend our remaining Chilean pesos.

After lunch, we continued on towards the ferry at Punta Delgada to cross to Tierra del Fuego. We were driving next to the Magellan Straits on the most southerly road in mainland South America. When we got to the port, we had just missed a ferry, but they are so frequent that we didn't have to wait long for another. They turn them around very quickly. We just had time to use the loo and take a few snapshots.

The crossing only took 20 minutes. Then we were on the island of Tierra del Fuego and heading further south. Nikki and Ritchie had said that they had a couple of places in mind to wild camp. As we continued to drive past miles of bleak flat featureless countryside all fenced in along the roadside to contain the thousands of sheep and guanacos, this seemed increasingly unlikely!Read more