After leaving Montevideo the weather and landscape have changed dramatically. Temps have dropped and being in Puerto Madryn reminded me of traveling thru the desert of Nevada(but not hot). We saw some fascinating wildlife including elephant seals, penguins, fox, hairy armadillo, (yes they have hair) Guancho´s and rabbits that are as large as kangaroos.
Next came two sea days, the second one we cruised around Cape Horn and crossed from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back to the Atlantic again. With snow flurries, winds of 57 knots and 17 foot swells, it was actually a beautiful day for cruising the horn. I recorded being at latitude 56.57.48 south.
We then went up the Beagle Channel to Ushuaia, our last stop in Argentina, also know as the end of the world. This is where most expeditions for Antartica begin. It was a beautiful town that reminded me of a mountain town in Austria. The wildlife image above was taken from a catamaran cruise we took on the Beagle Channel while in Ushuaia. This afternoon we head up the Straits of Magellan to Chili. (sorry for spelling errors I am in an internet cafe with strange keyboards and computers) Internet on the ship is worse than ever, so our communication is limited to finding internet cafes.
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