Crossing the border to Chile

My next journey was across the southern ranges of the Andes from Argentinian Patagonia to Chilean Patagonia...travel was by bus and, yet again, wonderful views could be had along the way...










My first stop in Chile was Puerto Natales...a large town bound by fjords which are connected to the Pacific Ocean...

My first live football match in South America...two local teams I guess...much action all round...a bit of biff, followed not long later by a red card sending off and then minutes later a missed penalty shot! The pitch reminded me of my days kicking the football around in the front paddock at home...

Puerto Natales' tourism market is made through it locality to the spectacular Torres del Paine national park...of which I toured and got some great sights of local wildlife

But, alas, my bad luck with the weather in southern South America continued and the marvellous postcard sights of the mountains and lakes were largely hidden by low cloud...most unfortunate...