Spent the last two days going down the Chilean Fjords and Magellan Straits to reach Punta Arenas, the gateway to the many National Parks in this area especially Torres del Paine.

First discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520, where he saw some tall indigenous people (6ft) called the Aonikenk, he named them as Patagones, because of their large footprints, and subsequently changed to Patagonia.

In 1832 Charles Darwin arrived in his ship, The Beagle and surveyed the coast of Patagonia. He collected enough specimens/materials here to write his book The Theory of Everything.

We took a walk around the busy port town, which had loads of banks and headed towards the Sara Braun Public Cemetery, which is one of the 10 most beautiful in the world.

Its avenues are lined by cypress trees (which look like large thumbs), chapels, crypts and tombstones. The cemetery contains the remains of ancient Settlers from Croatia, Russia, England, Germany and others. It dates back to 1984 and its grand front entrance gate was donated by Sara Braun, one of the first business women in the south of Chile and renowned for her philanthropy.

The legend says that one of the conditions for the donation of the cemetery gate was that she would be the only deceased person who would pass through that portal. For this reason, this entrance is closed and visitors must enter through a side door!

Stopped off for coffee and cake in Crespa, lovely cafe and less than £20 for the four of us.