Berny's photos

...to believe and to be happy, ...not to believe and to be happy, ...to believe and to be a good man, ...not to believe and to be a good man, ............

and our hostal in Punta Arenas, the final destination of our Chile trip

Strait of Magellan

maybe Frei was not a good candidate, but it should be definitely forbidden, that one of the richest men of a country, who ownes TV-stations and an airline can reach the highest political function as the president. it's the same scandal as in italy, it's a similar scandal as in the US, where the big companies "buy" there politicians like we go in the supermarket and buy bread and milk.......politicians have to be independent, people wake up! now they jubilate, whistle and yell, but in a few years:

at the Strait of Magellan, south of Punta Arenas

houses of Punta Arenas

houses of Punta Arenas

houses of Punta Arenas

streets of Punta Arenas

streets of Punta Arenas

at the left "County of Peebles" (the first iron 4-mast windjammer in the world, 1875), in the center Hipparchus (1867) and to the right the "Falstaff" (3-mast windjammer, 1875).

Strait of Magellan - Falstaff was a sailing ship engaged in transportation of jute from India, then nitrate from Chile to England. 1899 it collided with the SS Victoria in Vaparaiso, Chile. Since 1905 used as a coal dock in Callao (Peru). 1937 used as a coast defense, then part of the pier in Punta Arenas (Chile) together with the wrecks of Hipparchus and Muñoz Gamero. Built 1875, dimensions 72.5 x 11.9 x 7.2 m, tonnage 1465 grt.