from Tierra de Fuego to Patagonia

Hallo to all of you,
after a very nice trip to Laguna Esmeralda we went by bus to Punta Arenas crossing the chilenian border. We managed to smuggle three apples into Chile !! ha! :-)
Into our diary we could add "broken bus", "long waiting time in the middle of nowhere", "crossing the "estrecho de magellanes" with blue sky and nothing but sun on a ferry", "viewing dolphins from the boat" and "a night at a hostal-bed which our orthopaedist woul not have approved of" including "the devlopment of creative mechanical skills in order to take a shower" ...

Here in Punta Arenas we enjoy sunshine, blue sky and walking around in T-shirts ... just three days after the snowstorm in ushaia... incredible!

Tomorrow we will proceed to Puerto Natales directly continuing to the National park "Torres del Paine" where we plan to do a 8 day trek through the park to test our endurance and ability to share a VERY VERY small tent :-)
For our parents: this means we will not be able to give any notice till we return (give us some more time than 8 days just to make sure we can manage to reach an internet cafe, instead of invading a chilenian home in quest for a computer)
For all others: I know you will hardly make it without out entries ... but don´t despair ..we´ll come back! :-)
Renate & Mirko