The journey to Puerto Natales from Punta Arenas was a 250km 3hr coach ride along a near perfectly straight road. The view was similar to driving over the moors with a brief stop for a farmer crossing his sheep over the road. We thought Puerto Natales would be a little more civilised than the bleak streets of Punta Arenas but they were pretty similar, the only bonus being there were a few more places to eat. We had already sorted a hotel before we got here so...

Well as you can see from the picture jill is not happy at having to stay in a hostel, apparently its not the standard she is a customed to! Well tough!! Ok fair she has a point we had to share the bed on the first night with 4 or 5 bugs which where under her pillow and in the sheets, some people would be happy for a free meal! But not jill, so she slept fully clothed just incase there where any more. Ok I admit so did I! Luckily there was no one else st...

We spent 2 nights in Santiago. We went round most of the sights in a day. It was 30 degrees again so it made hard work. Santiago is a bit of a strange city, you can imagine it would have looked a lot nicer prior to the 1985 earthquake! A mix of crumbling old buildings and new ones. Its fairly modern and ok just not many impressive sights to see. Also everyone seems to smoke which is strange. The best part of santiago is Cerro Sta lucia, a park on a hilltop in the...