John's Blog
Its high summer here, the longest day of the summer was just a couple of days ago but, but, there are days when its not warm and sunny. Yesterday started out rainy, about 4 dg C, but by afternoon it was 15deg C and warm enough for just a light sweater. So...John's Blog
Yesterday we went for a drive along the coast toward Cape Froward ( not a spello) which is one of the more notorious spots around here. The wind howls down the channel from the west and is forced through a relatively narrow gap between mountains and consequently...John's Blog
History. On the way into Punta Arenas from the airport the other day we spotted the topmasts of a pair of square riggers. They were too far inshore to be on the water, the rigs appeared to be complete, and I’d heard that there was a replica of Magellans ship somewhere...John's Blog
BLOG CASA Our hosts here have been amazing, they’re on board with the project and want to help in any way they can. We’re staying in a comfortable little two bedroom apartment, nice and sunny, has a kitchen where we’re taking turns to cook for the...
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We’ve been in Punta Arenas for a few days now, got quite a lot of things organised but the boats not here yet, so the film team, that’s the five of us, took the ferry to Porvenir across the other side of Estrecho de Magellan, that fabled passage from the Pacific to...
