Still in the Fjords and Punto Arenas

Yesterday we had a whole day cruising the Chilean fjords, a never ending array of different channels with towering cliffs and snow covered mountain tops. We saw 2 more Glaciers yesterday, both much different to the one seen previously and each with their own specialty. It’s difficult to explain just how and depending on the day can also change colours etc. 

We also saw a couple of shipwrecks.

We are still not sure what’s happening re our way around the Cape, but we will at least circumnavigate it by sailing down in sheltered waters. We had a medical evacuation yesterday. 

A Chilean navy helicopter dropped in to take a passenger to Hospital and that created quite a bit of interest for several hours. This morning we arrived at Punto Arenas the worlds most Southern City, so now we’ve seen both, the Northern most last July and now the Southern most City. We had lunch with the Cruise Director  and he is quite a comedian, he stated that Punto Arenas is commonly know as the bottom of the world, hence the name Punto Aranus (hope you get the joke as in anus). it is a large City of 120000 people and we took the shuttle into town and explored it. One of the highlights is the cemetery which consists of huge mausoleums ( the photos explain more than I can). 

There are lots of modern buildings, hotel’s and Casino’s and the City is very pretty, tidy and clean! Well tonight and tomorrow are going to be very interesting, we may have to sit tight and we’ll report on our way to Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.We’re off to see Prince William who has arrived just in time.