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 [...]

Day 353,  14219 miles (January 31, 2009)

Today was a very good day.  We were fortunate to interact with some very interesting people, including several groups of local people.  We talked with them a bit about their lives and practiced our Spanish.  Today’s adventure actually began last night when we checked into the Hotel Lumonsa in [...]