Patagonian penguins

FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2013
     Later, as we finally arrived at Penguin Paradise:

 we were greeted by thousands of penguins! They are the sole inhabitants of the island, along with some gulls, and they were everywhere. The summer is their mating season, so all the adorable couples were together watching over their nests, sometimes hiding with their eggs.

We took a zillion pictures of this spectacular place, of penguins walking within a foot of us. We weren't allowed to feed them or touch, and I just assumed hugging was out, darn! We opted to do the following instead:

What a worthwhile afternoon trip; it was truly an amazing place!

We only had about an hour on the island so we reboarded and got home around 1030pm. We jumped into bed as fast as we could because tomorrow we have to get up at 430AM to get on our tour bus for the Torres del Paine national park. Yikes! We're so excited we almost can't sleee........