My journey from puerto montt to santiago took 14 hours along the route 5, the panamericana high way. The view was almost the same for the duration of this trip, with red baron, mountains and dusty tracks that mountain goats and lama walk along. We climbed up high before descending again to 474m and in to santiago. There are three bus depots in the city that service the whole of chile and to the other south american countries. I arrived at terminal san borja, whic...

I have just spent the last day on a boat that left puerto natales on the 10th. The boat is called the navimag, and it is a converted 1972 cargo vessel. There was 115 passengers waiting for the embarkment at natales. We were led from the terminal on foot onto the boat at 21.00, we walked onto the cargo deck and onto a lift which took us upto the next deck. From there we were shown to our cabins, i was staying in a 4 bed dorm room which cost around 160 pound. The r...