Blog post for Thursday October 19 2023
This morning we had to be ready to disembark for Madelena Island at 6:45. Magdalena Island has a big colony of Magdalena penguins. Once we were on shore we made a walking loop to the lighthouse and back. We had penguins all around us.
When we got back to the ship we had breakfast then went to our cabin to pack. The Ventus Australis arrived in Punta Arenas about 11 am. We disembarked, walked to our hotel and checked in.
Our room wasn’t going to be ready until 2:30 so we took a cab to the Nao Victoria museum. They had full size replicas of Magellans ship and of Charles Darwin’s ship. The information about the explorers was very well written and informative and it was fun to climb all over the ships. They seem so very small.
When we got back to Hotel Cabo de Hornos our rooms were ready. We played some cards and then had a nice dinner.
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