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Penguins!

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March 4th 2012
Today we awoke to some rainy weather, but by about 10 it was just cloudy. We bought our tickets to head to Isla Magdellena, the island of penguins, which is in the Strait of Magellen. Another mastery of public transit occurred with the "collectivos" (shared taxi´s) to get us to the port. We rode 2 hours out to the island on a large ferry that can hold 200ish people, but we only had 80 or so on th ... 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