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Day 31 – Punta Arenas and Magdalena Island

Monday 18th February, 2008 1 Comment

Up early this morning so we could get to the office of the tourism operator by 6:50am ready for our tour to Magdalena island. They put us all into two minibuses and drove us to 30 minutes out of town to a small port where two large Zodiacs were waiting for us. We put on our life jackets and boarded the … [Read More »]

Filed Under: South America 2008

Day 30 – Punta Arenas

Sunday 17th February, 2008 2 Comments

Up in time to get breakfast this morning – not too early. Breakfast was cereal and toast – nothing special, but does the job. After breakfast we headed out for a walk along waterfront to the port area to see if we could work out where our cruise would be leaving from on Wednesday. We stopped at … [Read More »]

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Day 29 – Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas

Saturday 16th February, 2008 5 Comments

Up rather late this morning – our bus wasn’t until 1pm, so we were able to take our time getting ready. Very nice to sleep in a bit! We eventually got up at 9am and headed for breakfast and then showered and started packing. Leanne went to collect the clothes (1500 pesos per kg – … [Read More »]

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Day 28 – El Calafate to Puerto Natales

Friday 15th February, 2008 4 Comments

Up early to finish packing, have a quick breakfast and then wait for our Remise (taxi) to the bus station. The bus left just after 8:30am and we both had a snooze as we drove across the barren plains of the Pampas. I woke up as we turned off earlier than I expected and turned … [Read More »]

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Back to Puerto Natalas

Friday 15th February, 2008 2 Comments

We’re heading back to Puerto Natales on the bus tomorrow morning (Friday) – we decided not to go via Rio Gallegos. Here’s a couple of photos from today’s trip to The Glaciers National Park: … will post more when I get caught up with the blogging.

Filed Under: South America 2008

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