Patagonia
Tierra del Fuego
West Coast: Chile
East Coast: Argentina
Ushuaia
Beagle Channel
always that storm
Amazing contrast here between the wind-beaten coast and
immediately to the east of it, a peaceful countryside
Again, Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle gave us food for thoughtful observation. He describes how they climbed a hill and had to walk over the vegetation, and of course occasionally sinking into it up to their shoulders. All wet.
This was hard to imagine until I actually saw those plants. Most of the landscape has changed (thanks to the imported sheep) but you do run into occasional stretches of what must have been that sort of bushes. 
Porvenir
the place of escape
They sell you the ferry trip from Punta Arenas because of Porvenir's architecture. It's pitiful...
And the nicest building we saw (center) isn't even on their list
No wonder somebody must have been in a hurry to get out of there
We were warned the trip across the Strait was pretty rough.
Instead, we were treated to marvelous light effects
