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Isla Navarino – the Dientes Circuit

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

We caught a 20 seater plane (22 if you include the pilots) from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams – the southernmost town (population 2,262 – it said so on a board in the town) in the world. Argentina has marketed Ushuaia as the most southerly place quite succesfully (claiming that Puerto Williams is only a “naval base”) but you can see it across the water to the North of you, so clearly not true!

Puerto Williams from plane

We landed to blue skies and very little wind, which was great as we had a 4km walk into town from the airport. The airport is literally 250m away from town, but you have to cross an estuary and the road heads a long way inland before you get to a bridge (which was constructed from an old barge & lots of wood!)

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Torres del Paine

Monday, February 19th, 2007

With (very!) heavy bags we set out on the Torres del Paine circuit for 8-10 days of trekking around the national park.

Torres del Paine

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Penguins…

Friday, February 9th, 2007

...in the national penguin park 2 hours boat ride from Punta Arenas (think the bottom of Chile).

Magellenic Penguins

Magellenic Penguins

Chilean Lake District

Friday, February 9th, 2007

We flew down to Puerto Montt from Santiago (after spending about 12 hours in Santiago!)  It turned out that the people who did the Sultans Elephant in London over the summer where in Santiago at the same time, this time ... [Continue reading this entry]

Easter Island (part 2)

Friday, February 9th, 2007

All of the moai on Easter Island were toppled by the 1800s and the ones that are now standing are restorations/resurrections.  They are huge - much bigger than expected - and it always surprised me how big they were whenever ... [Continue reading this entry]