region xii - dia 9

today we were picked up at 10am for our tour of Fuerte Bulnes, Puerto Hambre, Bahía Mansa, y el Centro Geográfico. first stop was Bahía Mansa. a tiny cove with boats and there was one group of guys loading up seaweed.

second stop - Puerto Hambre where the first settlers starved to death. our guide told us that the same kind of thing happened in the US in St Augustine. the only archeological thing they have done there is dig up a part of one wall. they don't have funds to really dig into things. that was for you daddy. and there is one monument there of a table....with no food on it. just a table. a hungry table.

after that we stopped by the centro geografico which is the middle of Chile North to south - half way to Peru and halfway to the southpole because has claimed a wedge of antartica (I went to the presidents house who did this in La Serena, recuerdas??)

y despues, we finally made it to Fuerte Bulnes. when we first got there we walked to the coast as instructed by our guide but what he didnt tell us was that we were going to have to walk through a herd of cows to gete there.... that will explain the cow pics.....

the fuerte was cool too but it was just a replica of the original because the original was used as firewood by the indigenous people. the story behind Fuerte Bulnes is this: Chile wanted to claim it for Chile, obvio, so they sent a group of settlers. great. but due to the harsh weather (you are at the end of the world) they moved a little but further north and founded Punta Arenas, abandoning the fort and hence the indigenous used it fair in square. then end.

we got back in town. almorzared. (spanglish for ate lunch) went to the lasts museo on our list....which was far away and ended up being closed. and then had a 2.5 hour once with Colleens at Cafe al Centro filled with lots of stimulating conversation. we went back to the hostel and hung out til 11:15 when we got a taxi and headed to the airport. flight left at 1:40 and i finally got home at 9:30 am.

and that was my trip to the south.

region xii-dia 9 ft bulnes, by Sarah Moredock

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