Another day with the van in Carretera de Austral. The view keeps on amazing me. No matter where we are - whenever we look out the window we see a spectacular view along the road. I hope those Chileans appreciate what they have! Today we have a special treat - we´re going horseback riding! 3 hours on the back of a strong horse riding between rivers and on grasslands. My horse was magnificent (according to others, not just me). He was all brown, had a white pat...

Waking up way to early after sleeping in a ¨room¨ (more like a hall) with about 14 beds. Wasn´t so bad as our friends in the van are lovely people and we spent a long time cooking together and playing ¨Yaniv¨ before going to sleep :) After waking up we had to go through the annoying procedure of crossing the border into Chile, which means taking out all the bags and scanning them for fruits and vegetables... I dare you to sneak an apple into Chile! From then...

Upon arrival to Puerto Natales we saw a barricade at the entrance to the city.¨This doesn´t look good¨ I thought to myself, and I had no idea how right I was... We got to our hostel - Josmar2 at 9:30P.M. and were told that a strike will begin at 10:00.The strike was due to an increase in the cost of natural gas that the government wishes to apply. ¨No alza al gas¨ was written everywhere, and all the houses and cars had black flags waving. We thought it´s ...

Punto Arenas – Penguins and Shopping! What a smooth ride from Ushuaia to Punto Arenas... 12 hours by bus, but it was a good bus and the road was relatively comfortable to drive on. The only discomfort was crossing the border, where we were forced to disembark from the bus and show our bags. They scanned them looking for fresh vegetables and fruit.... That´s all they care about. I could have had a gun, but if it´s not fresh plants – it´s fine with ...