Tuesday, 03 Jan 2012 – We had signed up to see more penguins today. Since the Princess ship couldn’t dock in Punta Arenas, everyone had to board the ship’s tenders again to go ashore. Then our minibus traveled for about an hour on a gravel road, and then we walked about another mile to a remote colony of magellanic penguins at Otway Sound. On Saturday at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands, we had seen king, magellanic, and gentoo penguins. Today we saw only magellanic penguins, which are smaller. And although we saw a lot of them running around today, we couldn’t get as close to any of them here. Therefore, we thought our experience today didn’t come close to that of last Saturday. (But if we hadn’t gone today, we would never have known!)
After that, the guide pointed out some of the sights of Punta Arenas before we walked back to the dock where the Princess tenders were shuttling passengers back to the ship.
After dinner, we danced to the Vintage Band for the first time. The Vintage Band replaced the Grooveline at Rio. We thought they played mostly jazz, but tonight they played ballroom dance music, including several Cha Chas. Then we returned to our cabin to relax, watch TV, and play on the Internet. After today, we will have 3 days at sea before disembarking at Valparaiso, Chile.
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