South America Trip - Part 11: To Buenos Aires

Thursday, 27 March:
We woke up ungodly-early and caught a pair of cabs to the Punta Arenas airport, careening wildly in the light rain. I’m not sure, but we think the cabs may have been racing each other the 5 miles to the airport. If so, Jim & Diane’s driver won, but only barely. [...]

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South America Trip - Part 10: Pelagic, Penguins, and farewell to Patagonia

Tuesday, March 25 (continued):
We’d arrived a bit early for our 4:30pm departure from the Punta Arenas docks, and milled around at the end of the road in the wind for a bit before they started letting folks board. The ship, a re-purposed auto ferry, was large and of a 1960’s vintage. We sat [...]

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South America Trip - Part 9: To Rio Verde and Punta Arenas

Monday, March 24:
We awoke to a magnificent sunrise, easily the loveliest I have ever seen, and I rushed outside in a t-shirt and sweats to capture it before it faded.

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South America Trip - Part 8: Mirador los Cuernos

Sunday, March 23:

After a quick breakfast at our hotel we loaded up the car and headed to Salto Grande, just a quarter mile past where we’d parked the previous day for our boat ride across Lago Pehoe. The winds were blowing fiercely, but the air was warm’ish as we made our way the few [...]

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South America Trip - Part 7: Lago Pehoe and Paine Grande

Saturday, March 22:
I woke early’ish and went for a short walk along the Rio Serrano to see if there were any morning birds a’wing. It was clear and mild, with fantastic views of Torre Grande.

View from outside our hotel
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