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Big thanks to lashonharangue for taking us along on his trip to Chile! I hope you have all enjoyed it as much as I have.
On the Road: Week of October 5 (5 am)
Albatrossity – Summertime in Scotland – #3
Jim Appleton – A life behind the lens
?BillinGlendaleCA – ?
Warren Senders – Life in India in the 1980s – #1
MollyS – Paris After Dark, off the beaten rue, mostly …Parks After Dark: Week of October 5 (10pm)
randy khan – Mirror, Mirror – Crater Lake National Park
Dagaetch – Acadia National Park
Dagaetch – Harold Parker State Forest
Wag – Parks and Recreation Areas in Utah
1 slot is still openAs you can see, we are sticking with the 10 pm time, which was my preference anyway, so that definitely works for me! Get your submissions in for Parks After Dark, and start sending Fall Colors and New Orleans, as well!
lashonharangue in Chile
We left El Chalten and spent the next day driving. We drove south, recrossed the border into Chile, and checked into our hotel room in Puerto Natales. The ferry we had booked for the return trip to Puerto Montt didn’t leave until New Years Eve. So we had a couple of days to do day trips.
Our first trip was to Parque Nacional Torres del Paine.
This herd of guanacos was by the side of the road in the park.
The following day we drove to Tierra del Fuego. The weather was cool with intermittent rain. But I had to get out of the car and take a photo of this sign. We were headed to the end of the world.
Along the way we drove past this herd of llamas. I thought they looked reasonably comfortable in the weather with their thick coats.
To get to our destination we boarded a ferry to cross the Strait of Magellan. You can just see Tierra del Fuego on the horizon.
Our destination was a nature preserve for king penguins.
There were several groups of penguins we could see. These were standing around a penguin lying on the ground. I think it was dead and this was a penguin wake.
All the visitors were on the far side of a narrow body of water from the penguins. The preserve had a series of blinds with telescopes. We took this photo with our cell phone pressed up to the telescope eyepiece. Note the baby chick sticking out from under the parent.
The next day we boarded the ferry in Puerto Natales to return north to Puerto Montt. There were still two more weeks in Chile before we flew back home from Santiago. The remaining time included the four day ferry trip, seeing more penguins, hiking in a rainforest, wine tasting at some vineyards, and the breakdown of our rented SUV. But this was the end of our Southern Chile Road Trip.
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Lapassionara
These are amazing. Thank you. I cannot believe you crossed the Strait of Magellan on a ferry.
Sab
Forty years ago I went to the Scottish Hebrides from which my ancestors had emigrated. I thought it was the most beautiful area I had ever seen. Chile just replaced it.
Yutsano
PENGIE!!!
That is all.
Eunicecycle
What an amazing trip. I had no idea Chile was so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Dagaetch
Fabulous photos lashonharangue, thank you for sharing.
@WaterGirl, have links for the pet calendar submission gone out?
lashonharangue
I am pleased people have liked the photos. Putting the series together was a great way to remind me what an extraordinary experience it was.
It has been a very crazy week. Many of you were focused on the debate on Tuesday and may have missed Part 5. If so, I’d like to suggest going back and checking it out. Looking at the Marble Caves might be a way to decompress a little.
WaterGirl
@Dagaetch:
Yes, but only to the first 5 people who sent me email. I wanted to let the first few people be guinea pigs so I could adjust the instructions before sending out more.
I already have 3 times to add/change in the instructions, so that seems to have been a good plan. :-)
Hoping to hear from a couple more, and then plan to send out to the rest tomorrow.
Mary G
I loved the Marble Caves and would like to have a good print to hang on my wall if I ever get around to painting the house. Thank you for sharing these. It’s nice to hear that the penguins are protected.
Prometheus Shrugged
@lashonharangue: I’ve been to Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, Puerto Montt ~10 times in the past decade (I’m an oceanographer and the cruises to the Southern Ocean either depart from or disembark in Punta Arenas), and you’ve captured the essence really nicely. I had the unique experience of steaming through the fjord passages last year–all the way from Punta Arenas to Golfo de Penas–and got to experience the winter time scene close to many of your photos. It’s one of my favorite spots on Earth. I really loved my trips to Chiloe. Did you get there?
lashonharangue
@Prometheus Shrugged: Yes. Visited there after returning to Puerto Monte.
Benw
Wow. Just wow
WaterGirl
@lashonharangue:
I added Southern Chile Road Trip as a subcategory of On the Road After Dark. So if you search for “southern chile” in the search box up top, it will bring up at least one of them on the first page of results. Just click on the category “Southern Chile Road Trip” on any of these posts, and it will bring up all 8 of them.
The same trick should work if you want to go back to Paris After Dark, too.
dp
I can only echo what others have said: I had no idea southern Chile (and Argentina for that matter) was so spectacular. Thanks so much for this series.
Dagaetch
@WaterGirl: cool, will look forward to submitting this weekend then!
lashonharangue
@WaterGirl: Great idea. Thanks.
OzarkHillbilly
I had a dream last night that I was base jumping in Chile. I blame @lashonharangue:
Betty
What a fantastic experience.
Rafael Contreras Yepez
Again congratulations to the authors of this tremendous trip to the southernmost area of my country. I recognize that I have never visited that area that many marvel at. Our country is very long and most of the population lives in the central area that has a more Californian climate and is the area where our most famous wines are. I would like to add some additional information. An American businessman philanthropist visited these places in 1960 and fell in love. That person was Douglas Tompkins the founder of North Face and Spirits. In 1963 he decided to sell his companies and live in Chile, buying thousands of areas – millions – which, according to his wishes, were donated to the State of Chile. He died doing one of his favorite sports: kayaking. His wife fulfilled his wishes by donating. He began by donating 700,000 areas to the people of Chile. It was the largest donation of humanity. See this link about Tompkins https://youtu.be/2QDnhjkULdM.