we woke up dreadfully early - 5:30 am - and headed off to the tourist agency. our tour left from there at 7am and we were bused to the boat. the boat ride, again, was fun and we reached the island just before 9 and had about an hour on the island. it was FULLLLLL of pinguinos. yes, all 50,000 breeding pairs. the little pinguinos walked right across our pathway to get to the mar. the only thing on the island was a lighthouse, or faro en espanol, and one pathway up to the faro. so all we did was walk up there and back. but it was soooo fun! i touched a pinguino even though before we got off the boat they told us not...oops. but when in the world am i evergoing to be able to do that again??? thats what i thought. so i did. hehe.
here is a video of a pinguino sqawking at me. his nido was very close to the pathway and he was getting a little protective...
on the boat right back we saw an island full of sea lions.....each male with his 10 females.....
also on the way back we starting talking to a couple from california. he works for NASA and was stationed in Punta Arenas for about 6 months because he manages an airplane that is set up for scientific research and they were doing trips/tests/collecting data (i dont know) in ANTARTICA!!! how cool right! and his wife came to visit.
we went home and made lunch and then afterwards we went out to find the rest of the things on my map's list. we went to the navy museum which was soo cool! we watched a video of the Peking making a trip around cape horn in the opposite direction as normal - east to west. it was a sailboat with no engine. really cool video. made me think a lot about my grandpas!!
there was a morse code machine thing and the directions on the alphabet...so Juan spelled out his name.......
great day!!!! pinguinos, pinguinos, pinguinos, pinguinos as i was wearing my pinguino sweater and sharing it all with Juan. and Colleens. lol
region xii-dia 8 IslaMagdalena (70 photos), by Sarah Moredock
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