Punta Arenas: I think this claims to the the windiest city in the world and its blowing this morning. Were packing up and will leave for Torres del Paine shortly.
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| The drive to Torres del Paine included a visit to a colony of Magellanic penguins in wind, rain and hail. |
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| On the road: Patagonia is big sky country. |
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| First view of Torres del Paine. |
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| Guanacos welcome us to Torres del Paine. |
Monday, January 30
We made it most of the way down the road south, but had to stop when the road became too much for the car. So we walked a little further through a forest of trees stunted by the wind. Of course, this is the farthest south I have ever been.
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Pretty much the end of the road.To go further you would need a good four wheel drive vehicle or a mountain bike, or of course your feet would do. The map shows the road ending around San Isidro.
The road is lined with fuchsia bushes 6 feet and higher.
Also visited a reconstructed 1843 fort (Fuerte Bulnes) and Punta de Hambre (Hunger Point) where all but one members of a 1584 failed Spanish colony starved to death.
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| Fuerte Bulnes |
Need to get on the road now, more later.
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