Its kinda a late post since we’re in Patagonia for almost a week now. Its really weird, pampas..which is much like a desert but with thorny shrubs and some grass, as far as the eye can see and windy. The winds…they come from all directions, all at once and they are so strong its hard opening the car door. And we did need to open the car doors as we had a flat tire and the boys needed to fix that in the middle of nowhere with horrid winds. It all ended well, but the car was a bit heavier because of the sand deposited while the trunk was open.
Moving on. Fauna: guanacos, cute skinny llamas with Bambi eyes, nandu and thier flock of 6 or more chicks, wild sheep, wild horses and some white looking goose and black neck swans. Latin names pending. And most glorious of it all…it only gets dark here after 10:30 and at 11 pm the sky is still rosy. But again, the winds. I think we all lost a layer of tooth enamel because of the south wind. or SW wind. And to furthermore illustrate the wind’s great power, its hard to pee in the pampas without peeing on ure leg or the closest person around…who can be 10
feet in any direction. And to illustrate even more the wind’s great capacity for making us miserable, I shall mime it,live and when I get back.
We are now in Punta Arenas, the self titled capital of Patagonia, the on the Chilean side, as Im sure the Argentinias have another and we are pushing on towards Usuaia. We expect to be there in 1 or 2 days if all goes well.
Oh wait…we saw a glacier..Perito Moreno and it was cool how huge chunks of it fell off into the lake and we saw the Torres del Paine (Blue towers) mountins. Actually we didnt see them per se as it was foggy the entire time, but we saw chunks of them and condors, and more guanacos, and some nandu, and thorny bushes and lazuli colored lagunas with pink flamingos. And we saw great many other things, but its almost 2 pm and I need to rest. Tomorrow we’re waking up like lords, I thing the reveille is at 9 15, which makes me warm and fuzzy and sleepy.Fuken hell…the internet is shitty again. Ill post in the morning.
Hasta luego, D.