What time is it? Seems straightforward, right?
Yesterday, I noticed that the car clock was an hour ahead of my phone. That certainly wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been in a car with a clock that’s off, so I thought nothing of it. When we got back to Puerto Natales, I was pleased that we made such good time and got back to town early.
We had breakfast at the hotel at 9:00, then packed and checked out just before 11:00. We hit the grocery store on the way out of town.
At some point, I mentioned that the car clock was off, and Luke asked what I was talking about. His phone and Anna-Sophia’s matched the car, but mine didn’t. Huh. Anna-Sophia checked the receipt from the grocery store – we expected to see 10:45 but it said 11:45! It seems we were an hour off for 2 full days, eating breakfast late and checking out 45 minutes late. Oops!
The drive back to Punta Arenas was easy and uneventful. It was insanely windy, so we were glad our day in the park was sunny and relatively light on wind. I nearly got blown over running across the road to take a picture of the rhea!
We made it to Punta Arenas and puttered about, stopping at the large municipal cemetery. I love a nice cemetery!
Later, we realized that time in southern Chile is weird. Chile used to have Daylight Savings Time, then they got rid of it, then they brought it back, then they changed the date it ends. To add to the confusion, Chile split the country into 3 time zones (sliced on lateral lines, not longitudinal). Our phones said it was 4:15, but the world clock app said it was 5:15. Which was true was unclear so we played it safe and went to the airport since the car was due back at 6:00. (Turns out, it was 5:15 – our phones lied).
We made it to the airport and continued to be confused about what time the flight was actually leaving. Thankfully, we guessed right and made it on time. Smooth rental car pick up and a quick drive to Puerto Vartas where we had a cabin for the night.
Vacation Days 