March 6 - Punta Arenas

We spent our last day of this cruise in Punta Arenas. In the morning, the passengers went on tour, while I stayed back with some of the other staff and finished the trip log and some other last minute things that needed to be done. Since we were able to finish all of our work by lunchtime, we had the afternoon free to explore the small city.

Rusty, Kevin and I walked around the town square and market and then had some lunch and wandered around checking out the city. It was nice to stretch our legs, but I really didn’t get to see much of the city.
On the way back to the ship, we stopped again in the town square to visit the statue of Magellan and the Fuegian Indians and “kiss the toe”. Legend has it that if you rub the toe, or better yet, kiss it, you will have good luck, safe passage home and/or return to Punta Arenas someday. That is the thing with legends, there are so many different stories. I hope it means all of the above. I gave it a big smootch!


Kissing the lucky toe