Saturday 28th Feb 2015
Punta Arenas
Get up ready for the great adventure only to be thwarted by the news that the flight to King George Island has been cancelled due to the weather.
Head off to Dreams hotel for coffee but decide to go back to our hotel for the planned briefing at 10.30. This did not eventuate so we take time out to buy a cheap hair dryer and have another look around the city eventually returning to Dreams for a very nice brunch.
At 3.45 we set off on a bus tour of Punta Arenas with the first stop being the Salesian Museum and this was followed by a return visit ( for us) to the Cerro de la Cruz lookout.
Finally we visit the PA cemetery which is very impressive and our guide gives us a brief summary of the history of this place and the city in general. Apparently he has just returned from duty looking after 3000 tourists from a mega cruiser in the harbour.
Dinner at a changed time ( the timetable seems to be a moveable feast) and then off to bed.
Whilst we all appreciate that we have to accept the vagaries of the weather in this part of the world we are nevertheless less than satisfied with the way in which Tomas Holik has handled the situation. Communication during the day has been decidedly haphazard and given the fact that we have lost one day of our Antarctic trip we feel that firstly we should have been provided with lunch and not left to our own devices and secondly we could have been advised of any other options for the day rather than just a tour of Punta Arenas, parts of which we had already covered.
Cheers
The Obese Ferret
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