The Great Plotnik

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Punta Arenas Wednesday

Dear Plotnikkies, there are many photos of the Straits of Magellan to show you, and of the view of the water from the lookout above the city, but, honestly, they are all pretty dark and Plottie cannot get any wireless signal down here so he is using a (SHAME!) PC with a German keyboard and he cannot figure out how to download photos into it.

Use your imaginations: old, cold city at the bottom of South America, peopled by descendants of Yugoslavs, Germans and Chileans. Cold, cold wind, but not even close to what it will be a few months from now.

Great dowtown for those of us who love kind of grimy, well used downtowns with shabby cabbies and the smell of salt and tide.

Not one black fly.

In less than an hour the bus heads north to Puerto Natales and the two day stay in Torres del Paine National Park begins: in by van, out by zodiac boat,

We're well, sleeping like exhausted little puppies. There is whole wheat bread here. All is well.

7 Comments:

At 11:08 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Hola Senor Plotnik y Senorita Ducknik,
Gracias por los reportajes y menos mal que no hayan encontrado las moscas negras. Fueron una pesadilla cuando yo hice caminatas en el bosque de Pta Arenas. Han probado manjar?
When I was hitchkiking up and down la ruta 5, I met and stayed with a sweet German descended family right off 5 in Pta Arenas. Opened hearth and home to me and my fellow Brit traveling companion w/o even knowing us. I never tried kuchen...what is it like? Delish? Good as the carb crackhouse? Don't worry about responding--just my musings and ?s as I read your adventures. :-)
Que sigan pasandolo de maravilla! SF tiene una llovizna hoy pero sigue llegando la primavera! abrazos de NJKRHSanchez

 
At 8:23 AM, Blogger notthatlucas said...

Hmmm...the only mention of food is the whole wheat bread. This cannot be good.

 
At 3:21 PM, Anonymous jj-aka-pp said...

Speaking of whole wheat bread...I am on vacation here at an all inclusive hotel on the Mayan Riviera (south of Cancun)and can you believe it, of all things! they have PEANUT BUTTER AT BREAKFAST! What a surprise! I guess enough Welsh/Americans have visited here that they have added that to the HUGE selection at the buffet tables. Quite a different vacation than yours, but still wonderful! Sent more in an email to you. Trip blog to come!..now I need to find a link to a map of South America.....

 
At 4:27 AM, Blogger Deborah DeWitt said...

thrilled to find out that you are a long way from Santiago and its huge earthquake.

 
At 6:12 AM, Blogger mary ann said...

We need an update ~ thank goodness you missed the Santiago earthquake.
Your two week leave-date is today, someone needs to keep track. Find the internet!

 
At 8:23 AM, Blogger Ira Fateman said...

I hope you guys are ok! That was some earthquake. Please let us know as soon as possible.
Ira

 
At 10:49 AM, Blogger bronwen said...

they are okay! got a text this morning and they were very far from the epicenter. thanks for everyone's concern!

 

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