Heading south

It's ridiculously windy here, again, today.

I finally managed to get a booking on the Navimag ferry from Puerto Natales - the booking system was been down for 2 weeks. I sail on 3 March. If Navimag hadn't got their act together it might have taken me weeks to make my way out of Patagonia.

But now that it's sorted I have a couple of extra days to play with. So this afternoon I am making an unplaned detour to Ushuaia, Tiera del Fuego, (the southernmost city in the world).

I finished my book a few days ago and haven't been able to swap it. With no book to read I am going slightly mad. The only books available in English here are airport novels. Authors such as Belva Plain, Danielle Steel, Stephen King, John Gresham et al predominate. Most disappointing is that I haven't been able to find any books in Inglesa by South American writers (Pablo Neruda, Julio Cortazar, Ernesto Sabato, Isabel Allende etc). They must be out there somewhere?

I'm also regretting the fact that I didn't bring some music with me - especially for the long distance trips. I've started lingering in cafes and shops just to hear music. This morning I stood around in a shop listening to Coldplay (ugh!!).