South America Blog: Day 8

[baudekin]

Friday, January 22 (Punta Arenas, Chile)

After seemingly forever at sea, we arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile early this morning. It's the first sign of human civilization we've seen since leaving Puerto Montt. This isolated city bills itself as the southernmost city in the world (of its size). I've heard that the Chilean government is giving away land

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[vavaverity]

I'm not sure I understand your implications. It seems that you fear taking me into places where money can be spent to procure objects. *scratches head while looking innocent*

I was seriously freaked out by that tender boat ride, I will not lie. Given that dying via suffocation is my number one fear, drowning would be included up there with being buried alive. Though, I did comfort myself in the knowledge that the likelihood of actually dying between the shore and the ship was slim, I was less comforted by the fact that I calculated a much more likely death due to frostbite or being whacked on the head as the boat flipped.

Active imagination, much?

I thought Ushuaia was the southermost city in the world?

[baudekin]

You can't fool me with your innocent act!

You held it together quite well on the tender boat, because I know how much turmoil was going on inside you...

Ushuaia is indeed the southernmost city in the world. Punta Arenas bills itself as the southernmost city *of its size*, since it's definitely larger.