Woke up late after fitful sleeps and packed up for our drive back south to Punta Arenas. Said good bye to our dogs, Thing One and Thing Three who had adopted us the night before, along with all the nice people and sights and times in Puerto Natales, armed with turkey and cheese and tomato sandwiches for the road as well as S-Town and Hamilton. Arrived and headed to the Museo Nao Victoria which was an amazing nautical museum featuring the only full size replica of...

Breakfast was the turkey and cheese cold cuts and bread left by our hosts, showers etc, and then off to explore Punta Arenas. Sunny day as we walked towards the waterfront. Church bells rolling for Palm Sunday and congregations parading around churches. We made our way into town just in time to see a parade - military, firefighters drum brigade, mounted caribineros, and students from local schools along with their teachers. Next, Museo de Regional Magellan - a ma...

We left our house in Puerto Varas this morning and drove back to Lago los Santos. We walked the Saltos Petrohue and then made our way back to the Petrohue Lodge for lunch, where Andrew and I got a bowl of mussel stew. We realized we were tight on time so that our swimming in the raging river would have to be truncated into a quick wade and flop around. M and J were quick change pros - masters of efficiency - and we were back on the road in time to catch our plane...