Punta Arenas, Chile

Saturday January 31st: A 4:30 am alarm began the day enabeling us to leave San Seastian by 5:40 am as dawn was bearly cracking. With estimates from previous experience that we would only be be able to travel at 15 mph along the 95 miles of ripio road between us and the only ferry to Puntea Arenas, we left with only a 2o minute buffer for things to go wrong. Although the road was treacherous in parts, we were able to average just over 20 mph and made it to Porvernir to catch the ferry with over an hour to spare.

It took 2 1/2 hours for the ferry to cross the Magellan Strait to Punta Arenas where we found shelter at a hostel with lots of character!

The End of the Road

Friday January 30th: A quick 2-hour drive before breakfast saw us at the end of the road, as far south as we could drive along Route 3. Stopping only for petrol and breakfast, we left Ushuaia to begin the second leg of our journey back to Buenos Aires.

Our goal for the day - cross the Border into Chile, stay in San Sebastian, and get an early night so as to be ready to leave at dawn the next day for Porvenir to catch the daily ferry to Punta Arenas. All was going well until Vince's rear wheel bearing went. Another roadside repair adding two hours to the plan.