Penguins again!
Sunday, March 30th, 2008So after avoiding all the penguin colonies on the way down because John had it in his head we would see the penguins at Isla Magdallenes in Punta Arenas. Alright, sometimes he knows what he’s talking about…
We were on a boat for 2 hours (and by the way, the water was soooo smooth that I didn’t feel sick – or on the Beagle Channel either – hip hip hooray!) and then we arrived at the Island…it was just like you see in the movies where you saw the acre of penguins wandering around – and you could get really close to them and of course there were these tourists that were just asking for trouble by trying to pet them – and they were molting – so they looked like they were shedding and picking at each other…it was so incredibly cool…then 2 hours back…
It was so weird because as soon as you cross the border to Chile it looks like a totally different country. Isn’t that amazing! That totally sounds stupid because, after all, every country is different – but hello, we’re in the same area – anyway – in Chile helado (ice cream) and cafe (coffee) are not as important. And the cities seem dingier for some reason. Maybe we’re just totally biased because we’d be in Argentina for 20,000 years…
Anyway, we only spent a couple of nights in Punta Arenas because, after all, Torres del Paine was calling. If you’ve ever seen any travel literature from Chile – guaranteed you would have seen the spires of Torres del Paine on the front cover…
JohnCin