Day 4. He said: today's the day we arrived in our destination resort by Villa La Angostura. We had a big drive through the volcanic terrain of the Andes, saw amazing and horrific sights of lakes and streams being buried under volcanic ash, trees with their leaves burned off by hot ash, and many things just completely coated in a uniform grey blanket. It looked a lot like snow, but in a grim sort of way. After we passed through the ash cloud (the volcano is still...

Day 3. He said: it was another travel day today. We started out with some wandering about Punta Arenas, including some souvenir shopping. We found the perfect stuffed penguin toy for Jeremy. It looks just like the ones we saw yesterday. Rachel picked up some nice yarn - Punta Arenas is well known for their high quality wool. We also stopped at a nice café. Much better than the one we went to yesterday. Café cortado is our new favorite coffee drink. It's roughl...

Day 3 - She said: Today was a pretty low-key day. After our big dinner and pub outing, on top of our day of driving and fresh air, we slept in a bit this morning. It was lovely. Once we got all packed up to head out for the day, we decided to wander around Punta Arenas a little bit. We stopped into a bookstore that wasn't quite what we expected, then made our way down to the water again. On our way back up to the main drag, we happened upon Cafe Montt, whe...

Day 2, evening. He said: back at the hotel for a quick change, we stopped to take a look at our penguin photos. Some good stuff in there. I even got some 60fps footage of penguins frolicking in the water. They're pretty damned adorable. I don't know how I can use the footage, but I'll figure something out. Then we headed out to Sotito's, by reputation, the best king crab place in town. It did not disappoint. We started with octopus in a roasted garlic oil - very...

Day 2, midday. He said: We slept in late. No big surprise there. We stopped for lunch at Cafe Tostado, a cute little place. I had a steak sandwich and café cortado (espresso with a drop or two of milk). I'm going to like drinking coffee here. It was also our first successful attempt to stay in Spanish during the meal. Then, back to the hotel to meet up with our guide for los penguinos. We had an hour's drive out to the penguin colony, spent an hour or two takin...