Day 63 January 11th 2007 Soooooooo Bored - Punta Arenas

Ah I am so glad to be back in Punta Arenas. I have in the past been accused by those who know me of passing judgement too quickly so I decided to give Punta Arenas a second chance. After another day here I can confirm I was correct in my first assessment of the town, it´s s**t. To make matters worse the atmosphere isn´t exactly elevated by what I can only describe as poverty travellers. On our travels we come across many other travellers all on different budgets. I´m not saying you should be spending all the money in the world to see it but this group of people just wind me up, it´s as if they are in some competition to see how little money they can survive on. "Hey I only spent a $ today" what do they want a medal or something. From my observations all they seem to do is stagnate in coffee shops all day becoming guide books experts on the world whilst growing beards. They then see absolutely none of which they have read about because they have no money. Get a damn job and then contribute some money back to the countries you are visiting, which are dependant on tourism, rather then make them look like one big homeless shelter.

I have though found two interesting points about Punta Arenas. The first is that the post office seems to be highly efficient, probably because it doesn´t hand out money to all the looser's like the ones in the UK do. Secondly the town square has ropes between the lamp posts on each of the corners, they act as handrails for when the wind gets up and almost blows you into another town.

Highlights: The Post Office