Please excuse any typos or oddities as I’m using a spanish keyboard because my laptop crapped out. All photos were taken with my IPhone, so they aren’t the best. I’ll clean up the posts when I’m back state side.
I do a little traveling for work and my latest (current) job brings me to Punta Arenas, Chile. Traveling here took about 23 hours, so that kinda blows but until they refine teleportation we’re stuck with airtravel.
Punta Arenas is a smaller city with a tight city center (plaza). If you plan on visiting ever I’d get a hotel in the plaza. They are more upsale and very nice. There are also a bunch of hostels around if you want to me super cheap. I’m staying at the Hotel Cabo de Hornos. I like it and they have a nice bar and rest if you don’t feel like going out. My room costs about $125 per night.
I luckily have had some time to go out exploring on my own, so I’ve been able to experience all the city has to offer. The exchange rate here is $1 USA = 470 Paso. While this is good, everything isn’t cheap. Good food is on par with US rates, as are comodities. You can get cheap food and goods off street venders however. There is a big wool trade here, so hats and sweaters can be had on the cheap.
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So Punta Arenas was really built up in the late 1800’s early 1900’s settled by Europeans so the city has a very euro feel. Think 2 hour lunches and dinner at 9pm. Breakfest is small, lunch large and dinner smaller. The food here is great, try to go around the city and try everyplace…thats what I do haha. Most of the old buildings in the plaza have been built anywhere from 1880 to 1920. They were all designed by Europeans and I think it shows. Most people are Catholic it looks and there are a few nice churches to check out. They say if you kiss the foot of the idian in the center of the plaza you’ll one day return to Punta Areans. Oh Punta Arenas literally means point of sand, or sand’s end. I think I’m about 600 miles from antartica, but the weather isn’t horrible due to ocean currents. Its about 50, windy and rainy but it is also fall here. Oh you CAN drink the water here…that makes it so nice haha. So onto some pictures…
These trees are about 100 years old! They keep them all very nice…
City Center or PLaza
Kiss this dudes foot if you wanna come back!
