We rose early today and drove north across town towards the Punta Arenas ferry terminal.  There we had a date with the Transbordadora Austral Broom “Crux Australis” to sail across the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego and the town of Porvenir.  We’d been staring at Tierra del Fuego from the shores of Punta [...]

In light of the terrible earthquake (8.8 magnitude) that shook central Chile this morning, I thought I’d write a post to let everyone know that we are fine.  We did not feel the earthquake here because we are about 1200 miles away in Punta Arenas.  Punta Arenas is located on the Strait of Magellan between [...]