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This is Why I Came to Ushuaia

Posted by Delaney in Argentina, Ushuaia on December 9th, 2009

I keep looking at this photo and cracking up:
Penguins Working Out

Think of what this photo means. It mean that an Ushuaian had to rent a penguin costume, get a buddy to lift weights (and ride a stationary bike!) in the penguin costume, Photoshop it all together with some real penguins, and have it professionally printed. That’s advertising; that’s comedy. It’s like something from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

P.S. When you, faithful readers, view my interesting and varied photography on the Flickr page, you sometimes miss my hilarious and subtle witty captions. If you want to read them, you have to view my Flickr photostream.

Addendum 12/11/09:

This is actually why I came to Ushuaia. Seriously, the only reason:
Obligatory Fin del Mundo Photo (II)

But these guys were a nice surprise once I got there:
Weird Maritime Museum Weird Maritime Museum Weird Maritime Museum Weird Maritime Museum

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Found: Los Tuxedos

Posted by Delaney in Chile, Punta Arenas on December 6th, 2009

I’m glad that I wasn’t able to see pinguinos in Ancud, because I’ve since heard that the colony there isn’t much to speak of — there are only a couple thousand inhabitants and you can’t even get off the boat there to mingle with them. Outside of Punta Arenas, however, there’s a colony of 50,000 and you can put one in your pocket if you want to.

I went a little crazy with the camera:
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Be sure to check out the other pictures (and movies!) on the Flickr page.

The other exciting thing that happened on our little excursion was that a nice German and her daughter behind me in the Zodiac barfed into plastic bags during the entire trip back from the island. It was probably a combination of the meter-and-a-half waves and all the penguin poop that we were inhaling on the colony. But man, were they cute. The penguins, I mean.

Also, I planned on spending only one full day in Punta Arenas, but it seems to be a big Catholic holiday here, and Chilenos have a four-day weekend to travel, and therefore all the buses to Ushuaia were filled pretty quickly. So I’m not leaving until Tuesday, which gives me lots of time to drink instant coffee. But the weather’s very nice, if windy.

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