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Trip to the Ends of the Earth

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by: Courtney Jordan
Margy and I went to Puenta Arenas, Patagonia, Santiago and Easter Island

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It takes a long time to get to the Ends of the Earth!

Want to go? Easter Island, Patagonia Wildlife Safari

I went to: Chile, Santiago, Punta Arenas, Hotel Jose Nogueira, Torres del Paine, Las Torres EcoCamp, Easter Island, Hotel Otai, Valparaiso
Punta Arenas - touch the foot, if you want to return somedayOur hotel in Punta Arenas, really cool and historicalOur boat to Penguin National MonumentPenguin national monument200,000 penguins...on my!Mama & baby Penguin burrowed in the groundWow - that was A LOT of birdsThey were excited to see us!Giant Sloth MonumentDuh..I thought this was real and just frozen!Our first view of the famous Torres Del PaineTight Squeeze!Our dome at the Ecocamp in Patagoniainside our dome...home sweet homeview from our dome of the TorresDay 1 in the parkFlamingos in flight...never seen that before!Not sure what kind of bird but, our guide was excitedThe circle of life - baby guanaco bonesLago Nordenskjol - postcard perfectSalto Grande - very windy but, worth the short hikeBRRR...Lago Grey and the Glaciersuch blue ice from the glacierGrey Glaciergetting ice for our "glacier drinks"I spotted this Puma from the van...very lucky!even luckier...there were 3 more in the valley!Lake AmargaFlamingos in AmargaRio Paine WaterfallMama and baby foxlarger fox in a meadowHUGE condor in flight!This guanaco was in the perfect place for a perfect pic!Look - 1 legThe size of the flowers in Patagonia were crazy big!Rhea and her babiesHey, who are you? Baby guanaco on our hikeour hike to the pictographsPictographsHiking in PatagoniaHonestly, the only windy day in Patagonia was our lastMoaidowntown Hangoa Roa, Easter IslandOrongo, Easter IslandBirdman PictographsMoai sculptures of Easter IslandAhu TongarikiMoai Quarry groundsBelly Button of the EarthBeach at Easter IslandMoaiVina Y Cruz WineryConcha Y Toro WineryCave of the Devil- Concha Y Toro WineryMargy and I in SantiagoMargy and I in the square-Santiagogreat statue we saw while walking in SantiagoThis is where the President works daily