Patagonia
Punta Arenas
Ever since getting into Magellán's first voyage around the globe
I was interested in this place, sitting right there on the Strait.
No disappointment there. A very nice town indeed - but we were there in summer.
Our landlady still kept the gas stove burning night and day; alas, only in the hallway.
They are proud of their trees, which they say are a century old. They look it.
Not all to be sure, as they're still planting them.
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Like everywhere in Chile, the dogs are boss
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explains why whale photographs only show their tails - they tow 'em around to fool tourists
The River
ugh - let's move on
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Antoine de Saint Exupéry was a flyer first, author second
he spent much of his career in South America with Air France and its subisidiaries
here a childrens' playground named after him
Around and about the Strait to the west
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architecture
a home away from home
cemetery
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