After three days in Chiloe, Liz and I took a two hour flight from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas. Punta Arenas is known as the world's most southern city. It. Was. So. Cold. We had a great time exploring the city on our first day. On our second day, we traveled by ferry to Isla de Magdalena, a HUGE penguin colony.
By this point we were about 1,500 miles from Santiago. Chile is such a long country! Seeing it on a map really doesn't do it justice. I think about mid way through my second 24 hour bus ride, I finally realized how longggg Chile is.
Photo 1: On our flight from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas. This picture was taken around 11:30pm. The sun rises at 4am-- which is not very condusive to sleeping.
Photo 2: Legend has it that kissing the foot of this statue will bring travelers back to Patagonia. :)
Photo 3: El cerro de Puerto Montt. A beautiful view of the city and, oh yeah, the end of the WORLD!
Photo 4: PENGUIN! We went to la Isla de Magdalena, which is an island inhabited only by penguins. During mating season, there are up to 15,000 there! They were surprisingly friendly and adorable. On a side note: I think this picture looks like an album cover for a penguin solo artist.
Photo 5: Standard Liz/ Kate picture...
Photo 6: Another penguin. As usual, Liz gets photo credit for all of these amazing shots.
Photo 7: On the ferry on our way back to civilization.
Photo 8: In front of a really pretty building in la plaza de Puerto Montt.
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