Punta Arenas, Chile

We said goodbye to Suzie at 7am as she set off to catch her bus to El Calafate, Argentina. We then set about breakfasting and loading the car ready for the trip back to Punta Arenas. It was a really dreary day, not bad for a travel day though. Enjoyed the flat landscape and spotting the same animals we had on the way up – Darwin’s rhea (bit like an Ostrich), birds of prey and of course the flamingos which I insisted on photographing despite the cold wind. The were all huddled up with heads tucked in, can’t help but wonder if they just took a wrong turn such a strange place to see them! Found the hostel Bustamante easily and sorted the return of the hired car without issue, and boy was it filthy. Dropped some laundry off for tomorrow pick up, can feel prices starting to rise as we head south (laundry is still done on weight but what was 8000 pesos in Santiago is now 22000 pesos). We strolled around the main town, which is surprisingly nice as it clearly has had wealth with big colonial style buildings framing the main square. One such building is now a museum and we were able to wander through early 20th century living with many furnishings from Europe. Love that the newspaper here is called ‘el penguino’. Dinner was lovely this evening, La marmita, where I enjoyed some fish and veggies, definitely been living too much off meat, bread and cheese based meals.