Punta Arenas is a very colorful town, as are most of the towns we saw, probably because the landscape is rather drab. This shot was taken from an overlook and you can see our ship in the background.
I should have said last time that Camelot Fin is in Punta Arenas, Chile, almost at the 'end of the world'.
There was no photo yesterday because of a dead PC. I thought it was permanently dead. After many attempts and talks with the computer guru (his business), what finally fixed it was unplugging it and plugging it back in. VoilĂ ! Thank you, Dr. Elyse (not the computer guru).
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tombs
I said the cemetery was filled with the cypress trees. Of course, the main purpose of the cemetery is as a cemetery, and this is a huge one! So the main feature is naturally the tombs, plus a few other kinds of trees. Punta Arenas vies with Buenos Aires for the most beautiful cemetery in South America. I say BA wins for its general beauty plus it has Evita's tomb. I'll show you her tomb when we get to Buenos Aires.
Labels:
buenos aires,
Cemetery,
chile,
Punta Arenas,
South America,
tombs
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Avenue of trees
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Cemetery trees
Friday, April 24, 2009
TVs
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Gulls
The beach at Punta Arenas was filled with Kelp Gulls, natives of Antarctica and found in southern Africa, Australasia and South America. For more info, go here:
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/birds/gulls.shtml
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/birds/gulls.shtml
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
PiPi Room
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Don't Walk!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Amalia Glacier
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Leaving Puerto Montt
In the evening of March 3 we left Puerto Montt, Chile, to sail overnight to the next day's Darwin Channel and some glaciers. Our cruise will continue south along the coast of Chile through various other channels, including the Beagle Channel and the Straits of Magellan.
Labels:
chile,
cruise,
Darwin Channel,
Puerto Montt,
Straits of Magellan
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Benches
Friday, April 17, 2009
Roaring stream
The other big attraction in Vicente Perez Rosales National Park was this roaring stream with several falls and rapids - so beautiful.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Mt. Osorno
From Puerto Montt we took a day trip that included Vicente Perez Rosales National Park and the volcano Mt. Osorno. The weather we had on the whole trip was amazing and this visit demonstrates that: within half an hour after this photo Osorno was obscured by the clouds you can see blowing in. We were told it's rare to get the view we did.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
ms Amsterdam
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Hummingbird
On my walk at Stinson Beach last Saturday, my eyes were drawn to a flash of gold - a hummingbird on a branch. Every way he turned, he flashed gold, though it doesn't show in the photo. I think it must be a Rufous Hummingbird. I would enlarge it but 1) I want you to see it on its branch as I did, and 2) he was too far away to be in good focus and I don't want you to see how blurry the photo really is! The blue background is the Pacific Ocean.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Goat
This goat may not qualify as exactly wildlife, but then it could be in other circumstances. We know goats like high places and the highest this goat can find in its capacious pen is a truck, undoubtedly tarpaulined for this exact purpose. He/she alertly followed my progress down the street, not as laid-back as he/she may seem.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Clover in the rain
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Valparaiso graffiti
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
More graffiti
Monday, April 6, 2009
Graffiti in Valparaiso
Someone asked why I wasn't showing any more photos of the South American trip. There were just some photos that just couldn't wait! I intend to show the whole trip but it will be interrupted now and then with those that want to show up pronto.
Here we have some graffiti on the retaining wall of a stream that flows through Valparaiso.
Here we have some graffiti on the retaining wall of a stream that flows through Valparaiso.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Blue green man
On April Fool's Day I joined 300-400 people in the 31st Annual St. Stupid's Day Parade in San Francisco. For two hours the First Church of the Last Laugh, led by Bishop Joey, celebrated St. Stupid's Day by walking through the Financial District for two hours with various stops along the way. Two notable stops are the throwing of pennies at the black granite sculpture in front of the Bank of America Building (while one of the paraders put up a police-type yellow tape saying 'White Collar Crime Scene') and the annual Sock Exchange in front of the old Pacific Stock Exchange Building where the air is filled with thrown socks. Most paraders are costumed, or in the case of about half a dozen people, uncostumed (nude). One such was this blue green man whose whole body was painted (actually I didn't see the bottoms of his feet). I know it was because he happily posed facing me but I am too chicken to send out that photo; here's the view you get of him. I went in civvies just for the experience as did quite a few others.
Labels:
blue green man,
parade,
san francisco,
st. stupid's day
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Wires
Friday, April 3, 2009
Valparaiso
Finally, we are on board Holland America's ms Amsterdam in Valparaiso, Chile. This view from the ship was taken to show the colorful boats moored there but it also shows the general makeup of the city: tall buildings near the water and the rest uniformly small residential homes.
Labels:
amsterdam,
boats,
chile,
holland america,
valparaiso
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Veramonte Winery
On our way from Santiago to Valparaiso to board our ship, we took a side trip to Veramonte Winery. It is in a climate much like the Napa Valley and looks just like it. This is a view from a large room (empty when we were there) that led us out to the vineyard where we could taste the grapes on the vine.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Graffiti
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