On the way out of the country we stopped by one of the closest cities to Antarctica and saw some penguins! You would think that they would have this as a major tourist destination (i.e. easy to get to, etc.) but no, you have to travel 30 min. down a paved road, then 45 minutes down an unpaved road, followed by another 30 minutes of driving along a VERY bumpy beach. Then you have to hide behind these fortress like things because the penguins will (and trust me, they do) run from you if you approach them. We had one 12 year old kid with us in our group and he kept running after them and they would all leave and dive back in the water. We wanted to kill the kid by the end of the excursion. But it was cute how they'd ride the waves back in and waddle up on-shore.
The other pictures I'm posting are one of the neat shapes that mountains take in that part of the world-these are called the "horns of Paine". Also included is Nicolas, our fearless guide who led us on the hike we thought we'd never come back from.
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