{"id":5802,"date":"2015-01-15T01:49:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T00:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:20:02","slug":"punta-arenas-city-of-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/01\/15\/punta-arenas-stadt-des-suedens\/","title":{"rendered":"Punta Arenas - city of the south"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Planning the next week<\/li>\n<li>Stroll through the windy center<\/li>\n<li>Visit to the unique Cementerio Municipal<\/li>\n<li>One more time to the hairdresser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>After arriving late at night in the deep south of Patagonia, breakfast is a little later. Now there is a lot to organize. A rental car for the next week, as well as a day tour to the King Penguins on Tierra del Fuego. Thanks to our extremely helpful host, everything is organized quickly and easily. We spend the rest of the wet morning hours writing diaries while Mum and Dad book flights and hotels for Buenos Aires.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1764695336  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5807\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_3.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_15_3\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Around noon we start walking to the nearby center of the <b>over 100,000 inhabitants <\/b>counting city. This makes Punta Arenas the most popular in the world <strong>southernmost city of this size<\/strong>. Modern buildings shape the cityscape. At the <b>Tourist information office <\/b>let&#039;s get more information about Patagonia. The streets are lined with trimmed cypress trees, otherwise there are - once again - many<b> street dogs loitering around <\/b>to see. There are drinks and cakes in a cafe before we stroll along the windy beach and watch the numerous sea birds. So<b> cool <\/b>It hasn&#039;t been for a long time, at least we&#039;re happy to have the jacket.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1506375914  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5806\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_2.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_15_2\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>The next stop is that <b>Cementerio Municipal Cemetery<\/b>, which is one of the most worth seeing in all of Latin America. Family graves of influential families surpass each other in splendor, while the new graves look like lockers with a lot of kitsch.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=495204576  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5805\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_1.jpg\" alt=\"2015_01_15_1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_01_15_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nThe cemetery is divided by<b> manicured cypress avenues<\/b>. One of the street dogs is our loyal companion for a long time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1931031301  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5804\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1280\/h:1280\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567-1280x1280.jpg\" alt=\"20150115_DSC06567\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1170\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1280\/h:1280\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:100\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1920\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150115_DSC06567.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>When we were at one <b>hair stylist<\/b> march past, Niki spontaneously sends me one more time to have my hair cut. We take a quick look at some shops such as Outdoor-Outfitter and buy food supplies for tomorrow&#039;s full-day trip. Since no normal restaurant is open until 8 a.m., we eat soup and sandwiches in a cafe.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Planning the next week<\/li>\n<li>Stroll through the windy center<\/li>\n<li>Visit to the unique Cementerio Municipal<\/li>\n<li>One more time to the hairdresser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>After arriving late at night in the deep south of Patagonia, breakfast is a little later. Now there is a lot to organize. A rental car for the next week, as well as a day tour to the King Penguins on Tierra del Fuego. Thanks to our extremely helpful host, everything is organized quickly and easily. We spend the rest of the wet morning hours writing diaries while Mum and Dad book flights and hotels for Buenos Aires.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1032,1109],"tags":[1034,1103,1104,1105,1106,1107,1108],"class_list":["post-5802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-chile","category-patagonien","tag-chile","tag-patagonien","tag-patagonia","tag-punta-arenas","tag-region-de-magallanes-y-de-la-antartica-chilena","tag-cementerio-municipal","tag-zypressen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}