Checked in, bags packed and only a few hours until I start the first leg of the journey to southern Chile. A door to door journey time of almost 40 hours lies ahead on my route from Newcastle via Frankfurt, Madrid and Santiago to Punta Arenas. I am already looking forward to some respite in Punta before the final leg of the journey to Jubany at the weekend!

I have no idea what internet access will be like during my time away but will update this when I can!