It was another early start today. I was picked up from the hostel and taken to the bus station to catch the bus to Puerto Natales in Chile.

I sat next to a girl called Monika from Munich and we chatted a lot about travelling, she is travelling on her own too.

The bus journey was around 6 hours. We had to get off the bus at the Argentinian border to get our passports stamped.

And then at the Chilean border we had to pick up our bags and have them scanned as well as getting our passports stamped. They are very strict about what you can bring into Chile and a few people had items such as fruit and salami taken off them. This all took quite a while.

The landscape during the journey was amazing- a few people said it looked like New Zealand. We did see some wild llama type animals, some emus or ostriches and some wild horses.

We arrived in Puerto Natales in the early afternoon and I was picked up from the bus station and taken to my hotel which is basic but clean.

I decided to go for a walk along the harbour and nearly got blown away – the winds here are really strong. The views of the snow capped mountains behind the harbour are beautiful. The sea was pretty rough too.

All along the harbour they have statues and monuments – and a nice church in the town centre too.

I bought myself a scarf as I think I might need it on the treks I’m going to be doing.

In the evening I met up with Monika and a guy she will be trekking with, Jeff. We went to a restaurant for dinner and tried some craft beer which was pretty good.