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Magdalena Island for penguin colony visit
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our boats that went from Punta Arenas through the Strait of Magellan to the island
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Magellanic Penguin
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the parents take shifts of 10-15 days sitting on the eggs - it was still 7-10 days until the babies were to be born
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lighthouses were important to avoid shipwrecks here... less of an issue once Panama Canal was built
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penguins video
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Tierra del Fuego in the background
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Marta Island in the distance
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sea lions video
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Marta Island
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very smelly!
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on the first day of the W trek in Torres del Paine National Park
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rotten weather, but nicely coloured glacial lake
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waiting to set out from Refugio Paine Grande (after leaving our big bags here for the day)
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John, Carmel, Pierre, and Guy
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Sue, Xabi (guide), Xavier, Nico (asst guide), Sheelu, Guy, me, Carmel, Vincenza, John
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this tasted like apple
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Vincenza and Pierre at Italian Camp
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French Valley view, we turned around at Italian Camp before going into the valley
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Xabi explaining about the flora
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6 person room at Refugio Paine Grande
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Lago Pehoe later in the day
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we dried our clothes here
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map of Torres del Paine National Park
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the next day at Lago Grey
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Vincenza, Sheelu, and Sue
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John
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Grey Glacier, overcast sky makes a pretty good picture actually
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amazingly shaped iceberg
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our boat for a close-up view of the glacier
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view from the boat
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complimentary pisco sour
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the little boat took us from the dock out to the big boat
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panorama leaving Grey Glacier
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huge beach at the south end of Lago Grey
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picture stop on the van back to Ecocamp; this is Lago Pehoe
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guanacos
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view of the towers from my Ecocamp dome
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inside my dome - had a private dome 2/3 nights
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view from Ecocamp
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dining domes
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view from Ecocamp, with the Towers on the far right
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the last day of the trek, a 10.5km trip to the base of the Torres del Paine
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so lucky with the weather
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Xabi, John, Sue, Vincenza, and me
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tasted vaguely like root beer
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John, Sue, Vincenza, Pierre, Sheelu, me, Xabi
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Xabi
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the towers peaking up on the left
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John and Xabi
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John and Sue, going up the last few metres
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getting close to the goal
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the iconic shot
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video
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me at the base of the Towers
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Pierre preparing the camera for our group shot
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group shot
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Xabi thought the area we were in was safer than down at the official lookout
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Guy and Carmel, with Xavier and Pierre also taking pictures
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everybody heading back down
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horses carrying junk food
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3 differently coloured lakes
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the Hors d'oeuvre dome
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looking at the camera, there's Pierre, Nico, Sue, John, Xavier, and Xabi
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sunset on the last night at Ecocamp
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sunset from Pierre's camera
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solar panels
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sunrise the next morning, there was hail coming down
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back in Punta Arenas at the Magellan monument in the main plaza
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restaurant I ate at, ran into Christoph from near Garmisch who I'd shared a room with at the refugio
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the Strait of Magellan
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main cathedral viewed from my room at Hotel Plaza - had 10 hours here before my 2:30am flight
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