End of Luxury We are now in Punta Arenas. (susan - punta ar anus) The 1st thing I need to do is get to the bus station and inquire about getting to Puerto Madryn. (Mad reen) It's MILES away and will probably be another 20 hour bus ride but that's fine. I think I'm in need of some me time now after these last few days!OMG it's windier than a windy thing here! And it's constantly spitting BUT THERE ARE NO CLOUDS!! What's that all about? The people here seem ...

The Cute Magellanic Penguins This morning we got off the ship to Magdalena Island to see Magellanic penguins. How CUTE!! It was INCREDIBLY windy and cloudy but we managed to get close enough to see them all waddling around and also snoozing in their holes. A last breakfast where I made sure I completely stuffed myself then it was time to get off this wonderful luxurious ship and back to my cheap dirty hosteling!

Aguila Glacier - or not Urgh. The intercom woke me telling me it was breakfast time at 8am. I ate breakfast then went back to bed. Cynthia, across from me at my table bored me again. She seemed much more fun last night. I'd looked at the itinerary for the day and I was only missing a presentation of "Strait of Magellan", a sailing knots class and a "Welcome to Chile" presentation. None of which I was that interested in. So I got back up again for lunch at ...

Wulaia Bay and Karaoke We got back from the end of the world and had the most delicious buffet breakfast. Then after breakfast there was a documentary all about Shackleton and his Antarctic adventure. Omg it's incredible and I cried at the end! I hope there's been a film made about this guy cos I will need to see that!. After that my new friends and I (Karen, Bill Bill and Cathy) hit the bar. Well it's a free bar so would be rude not to! People started fil...

Cape Horn - The End of the World!. Polly and I did it! We got to the end of the world. Polly paddled in the Antarctic Ocean and I left my DNA on Cape Horn!!!!!"Before the construction of the Panama Canal in 1914, the only way for ships to cross between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans was to brave the southern ocean (Also known as Antarctic Ocean). Cape Horn is the most extreme southern tip of Chile and the seas there are as rough today as they were hundreds of ...