Sunday, january 27

HELLO FROM PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE OUR SIXTH AND LAST STOP IN CHILE.

WE HAD AN AMAZING MORNING FROM THE PAMPAS IN PATAGONIA WITH PLENTY OF PENGUINS!  WE WENT TO A MAGELLAN PENGUIN COLONY AN HOUR AND A HALF DRIVE DOWN A DIRT ROAD.  ON THE WAY WE SAW RHEAS AND A SKUNK PLUS ALOT OF UNIDENTIFIABLE BIRDS.  WE WALKED ABOUT 2 MILES AND TOOK ABOUT 75 PICTURES OF PENGUINS.  THESE PENGUINS BURROW INTO THE PAMPAS GRASSY HILLS TO NEST.  THE YOUNG HAVE LEFT THE NEST AND ARE ALL HANGING AROUND THE BAY AND SWIMMING AROUND.  MEANWHILE THE PARENTS ARE BACK AT THE NEST TRYING TO FATTEN UP AGAIN SO THEY CAN FACE THE COOL WATERS OF THE SOUTHERN ATLANTIC.

THE SCENERY FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN AMAZING... THE ANDES, THE FJORDS, THE GLACIERS, THE SUNSHINE UNTIL 10 pm AT NIGHT, THE ICEBERGS, THE CHILEAN DOLPHINS DIVING BESIDE THE SHIP, THE ALBATROSS WINGING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE AIR, THE FLIGHTLESS STEAMER DUCK, AND WHALE BLOW SPOUTS, THE MAGELLAN STRAIT, A SHIP WRECK, AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE NEW FRIENDS, ENTERTAINMENT, LECTURES, GAMES, FOOD, AND GIFTS FROM THE CRUISE LINE.

WE WALKED AROUND THE TOWN AND MOST THINGS ARE CLOSED SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY... JUST ENOUGH VENDORS SO THAT I CAN BUY A SOUVENIR FROM CHILE.  TERRY KEEPS DRINKING HIS SOUVENIRS!

WE WILL BE HITTING PORT TOMORROW FROM ARGENTINA, USHUAIA, THE SOUTHERN MOST CITY IN OUR HEMISPHERE AND WE WILL BE IN ARGENTINA.  THEN WE WILL BE OUT TO SEA TOO MANY DAYS TO MAKE ME HAPPY.  I DO PREFER TERRA FIRMA.  BY THE WAY WE CAN SEE TIERRA DEL FUEGO FROM HERE.

ADIOS MIS AMIGOS Y MI FAMILIA!