Punta Arenas and the End of the Road

The day had come! We once again made our way south by bus, this time accross the Chilean border (where customes took all our remaining veggies, as usual for Chilean border crossings 😪) to Punta Arenas the largest and one of the most southern towns in Chile.
We were surprised by the amount of infrastructure and food choices in the supermarket, considering this town is far away from everything!
After yet another night in a temporary accomodation we set out to the sketchy outskirts of the city - was this a sign of things to come? - to pick up our ride for the next 3 weeks.
Arriving there, the first thing we saw was a shiny, red and obviously quite new pickup camper that looked just like the one that we had booked.
Unfortunately, after signing all the paperwork (basically releaving the company of all responsibilities) it turned out...this was not our camper. We got the Nr. 1 instead. The very first of its kind and you could definitely notice. Nevertheless, not having any other choice, we set off hoping the car (and we) would survive the journey to come.

We decided to head a little further south to the so called "fin de la ...", the southernmost ..., to then start our journey northwards from there.

Apart from a couple of road signs indicating the end of the road, there was a beautiful, long hike along the ocean shore to an abandonned lighthouse - again the southernmost lighthouse in the Americas! - that we ventured on.
On our 3 hour hike we were lucky to spot quite a few Dolphins jumping around in the water and even a Whale passing by and blowing its nozzle 🐳
Unsurprising, being so close to the Arctic circle, it was also pretty cold, which is why we were happy to get back to the warm and cosy Van. We found a beautiful camp spot close to Punta Arenas overlooking the ocean and called it a day.

We woke up the next morning to the sound of the waves and packed up to make our way to our destination for the next couple of days: Torres del Paine national park!

🛻 Number of wheels looking like they'd survive the trip: 0
🐬 Dolphins spotted: 6
🐳 Whales seen: 1
🛒 Groceries shopped: a cart full!
📍Southernmost coordinates traveled to: -53.8, -71.0
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