the drive today took me through some more barren patagonian landscape. the land is mostly flat and monotonous. the endless sky is blue with low-hanging clouds. because the area is so flat, you can see miles and miles away. in fact, you can see little patches of clouds showering rain on the land, even though they may be over 50 miles away. and the patches are small….when driving, i might go through a patch of rain that would last less than a minute (granted i was averaging 80-90mph).

i’m now in puerto san julian, because the next town is 4 hours away. it’s dead here. and surprisingly expensive for such a useless town. but i’ve heard that all of patagonia is expensive….so i better get used to it. tomorrow i’ll continue the drive to the end of the world. i think it’s about 10-12 hours away….so i might try to do it all in one stretch.