Looking over Punta Arenas to the Straits of Magellan

Killing time in Punta Arenas before the long journey home

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April 2nd 2016
It's going to be a long, long day today as we commence our journey home. We are not flying to Santiago until 7.35pm tonight so we have some time (quite a lot actually!) for a last look around Punta Arenas before we are driven to the airport mid-afternoon. It was cold, but sunny today so it was reasonably pleasant for our last minute sightseeing. We wandered back 'downtown' to visit the Palacio ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more