Nick & Jenni’s Wanderings

After a spectacular 10 hour bus journey (which the driver seemed to enjoy taking photos of as we drove along) across high altiplano from Salta we found ourselves back in Chile. [read on]

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!

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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With (very!) heavy bags we set out on the Torres del Paine circuit for 8-10 days of trekking around the national park.   Day 1:  Laguna Amarga - Campamento Seron The start, however, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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

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]