Penguins at Seno Otway

Nearly at the end of the world

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January 14th 2008
Punta Arenas was the furtherest we got to the end of the world. There's more further south... but no more time for us to explore it. Punta Arenas is the world's southern most city after Ushuaia (further south in Argentina) and is the capital of Chilean Patagonia. Its a departure point for Antartica... but we'll be saving that trip for a much later date! It seemed to us that one of the main thi ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Punta Arenas

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more