28 January Two border crossings , a ferry crossing the Magellan Straits and chance meeting Cornish friends after 30 years!

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Day 19 RIO GRANDE  to RIO GALLEGOS  (365 km / 132 m)

Grande Hotel to HOTEL PATAGONIA

Still travelling on the east side Chile and Argentina…….206 kms driven on various grades of gravel roads.

Ruta 3 known as Ruta del Fin del Mondo (road to the end of the world.)
DSCN1511 for web Ruta 3 known as Ruta del Fin del Mondo (road to the end of the world.)

 

 

Border crossing Chile into Argentina and onto ferry crossing at the Magellan Straits where a seredipitous moment happens. Ross starts chatting to a chap with an English accent.and askes where he has come from in the Uk?  He replies ‘Cornwall’! Instant recognition between them and igt is Chris Barton who sailed with Ross in Cornwall from 1984 to 1987. I am taking photos of the ferry with Susie ( Red Car)  to hear my name being called by someone running down the road unrecognisable at that moment….Polly Barton , Chris’s wife)  A quick exchange as we were travelling in opposite directions..us on a ferry and they on a bus. Serendipitous as I said!

 

Blue B and her 7 fellow Mgs wait for the Ferry
Blue B and her 7 fellow Mgs wait for the Ferry

 

Chris and Polly Barton with me at Ferry Crossing Magellan Straits
Chris and Polly Barton with me at Ferry Crossing Magellan Straits

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