penquins and such - adendum

For some reason the text didn't seem to make it into that post, so
here it is:

I see I haven't updated my blog in awhile, so let me fill you in on
what's been happening.

Rio is great. I could definitely spend a bunch of time there. Wish I
could have stayed longer, or at least long enough to experience the
night life. It was rainy, but still, the views, the city, all are
really impressive. Corcovado, the mountain with the Christ statue on
it has the most amazing views. Ipanima beach is nice, as was the
lunch. We were two hours late getting back to the ship, but we
weren't worried because the captain was in our tour group. The ship
probably wouldn't leave without him. Though you never know. Those
second in command types. . .

Next was Buenos Aires. Here we stayed overnight. As a city, it
reminded me of New York, but cheaper. Very large and cosmopolitan. We
went out after our set, (about midnight) and went to a couple of
clubs. Mostly we ran into other crew members, and there was no live
music around, but still what a city. We got back around 6am! I was
out all day and all night, had lunch, took taxis, and enjoyed a good
deal of night life, and I only spent around $50.

Yesterday we were in Montevideo, Uruguay. I don't know why I thought
this was not going to be too interesting. Sometimes after having
visited so many Caribbean ports that are about 6 blocks long you
start to think that anywhere you haven't heard of must be a loose
collection of mud huts. Montevideo is a large thriving metropolis.
Also, pretty cheap as you can get lunch for about $3. Gotta love
South America.

Today I took a tour of the Porto Tambo Penguin Rookery which is in
Patagonia, Argentina. I don't know what "rookery" means, but there
seemed to be a lot of it going on. For one thing, the bus ride over
there took over 2 hours past some of the most nothing I have ever
seen. Penguins I guess like scrub brush. When we got there, there was
about a go-zillion penguins digging holes and seeming to argue with
each other over who's hole was better, though I'm not sure because
they speak spanish here. I have many spectacular penguin pictures,
but I'm only posting the one with the most penguins in it.

I'm also posting a sunset picture because as we continue to head
south and get closer to the arctic circle the nights are getting
shorter and the sunsets longer and more spectacular. Monday we go
through the Cape Horn Scenic area, (don't know what that is yet). On
Tuesday we will be in Ushuaia, Argentina which is the southern most
city in the world. That's right - in the world. Last stop before
Antarctica, and as far south as we will be heading.