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Patagonia_880S3207_The cemetery in Punta Arenas was like nothing we had seen before_



Patagonia_880S3210_The cemetery was lined with these crazy looking trees, like something out of a fairytale_



Patagonia_880S3222_Family tombs lined the outer rows of the cemetery - these people were the founders of Punta Arenas - over looking the straights of magellan_



Patagonia_880S3229_We visited the Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3243_The penguins were busy marching back from fishing in the sea_



Patagonia_880S3250_The parents take turns fishing every 8 hours to feed their young_



Patagonia_880S3270_These penguins began to fight with their beaks but it was soon broken up by another penguin_



Patagonia_880S3273_These penguins were seeing off the fighting penguin - looks like a boss and his boys_



Patagonia_880S3283_The penguins walk slowly from the sea seeking out their family they left behind_



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Patagonia_880S3292_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3295_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3308_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3324_All lined up along the shore_



Patagonia_880S3332_The penguins marched in a long line all the way from the shore_



Patagonia_880S3336_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3345_When the pair was finally reunited, they would trumpet loudly and stand together_



Patagonia_880S3353_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3367_Jaimie posed with this one who was nesting close to the walkway_



Patagonia_880S3373_Trumpeting penguin calling for his mate to come back from the sea_



Patagonia_880S3402_The parents feed the young by regurgitating the fish when they get back_



Patagonia_880S3426_A happy pair reunited_



Patagonia_880S3437_Cute penguin couple after a long day of fishing_



Patagonia_880S3442_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3444_After they got back from fishing they would stand as pairs and families_



Patagonia_880S3448_Us with the Magellan penguins behind_



Patagonia_880S3469_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3472_Magellan penguins at the Otway Sound_



Patagonia_880S3489_View of the sea in Puerto Natales_



Patagonia_880S3497_Jaimie and our packs - loaded up with our camping gear_



Patagonia_880S3509_We used this gas burner to cook our pasta at the campsite_



Patagonia_880S3511_Our tent illuminated dark of the morning before our hike to Torres del Paine_



Patagonia_880S3517_45 minutes more to the Las Torres lookout_



Patagonia_880S3518_Sunrise over the hills as we hiked to Las Torres_



Patagonia_880S3525_An animal-shaped tree trunk along the trail_



Patagonia_880S3536_Las Torres del Paine just as the  sun had risen - there were lots of others who made the early trek as well_



Patagonia_880S3542_Us in front of the Torres del Paine granite peaks_



Patagonia_880S3546_Torres del Paine with a small glacial lake below_



Patagonia_880S3554_Torres del Paine with a small glacial lake below_



Patagonia_880S3564_Beautiful colors of the morning sun on the Torres del Paine_



Patagonia_880S3581_Torres del Paine peaks from the viewpoint_



Patagonia_880S3585_Beautiful glaciers hung along many of the mountain tops_



Patagonia_880S3594_Us in front of our first campsite Chilleno_



Patagonia_880S3599_Our tent was somewhat protected from the wind by the trees around the camp_



Patagonia_880S3605_A vast valley with our campsite in the middle_



Patagonia_880S3609_A light blue glacial lake off in the distance of the valley_



Patagonia_880S3611_Us on the hike back down from the Chilleno campsite_



Patagonia_880S3619_This guy just asked (not literally) to take a model shot of him in front of the peaks_



Patagonia_880S3622_This guy just asked (not literally) to take a model shot of him in front of the peaks_



Patagonia_880S3625_The Hosteria Torres, for more than $200 per night, has an amazing view_



Patagonia_880S3633_Clear blue of Lake Pehoe with the peaks behind as we crossed on the catamaran_



Patagonia_880S3637_View on the way to Valley de Frances_



Patagonia_880S3641_Los Cuernos rugged peaks set behind the Lake Pehoe_



Patagonia_880S3653_Jaimie peaking out of our tent at the Grande Paine campsite_



Patagonia_880S3655_Mario cooking pasta (again) in the nice shelter at Grande Paine_



Patagonia_880S3656_Our gourmet meal - 3 nights in a row!_



Patagonia_880S3658_View of the peaks from the Grande Paine campground_



Patagonia_880S3681_Our tent in the setting sun at Grande Paine_



Patagonia_880S3704_Us in front of our tent with a beautiful view of los cuernos and sunset behind_



Patagonia_880S3721_Large blue glacier in the Valley de Frances_



Patagonia_880S3722_Glaciers surrounded us on 3 sides in the Valley de Frances_



Patagonia_880S3756_Rugged peaks on our hike to the Valley de Frances_



Patagonia_880S3765_A cute fuzzy bumblebee along the path_



Patagonia_880S3778_There were many waterfalls coming down off of each glacier_



Patagonia_880S3782_Pretty red flower with Los Cuernos behind_



Patagonia_880S3788_Los Cuernos in Torres del Paine National Park_



Patagonia_880S3798_Us in front of Los Cuernos and the lake on our 2nd day hike_



Patagonia_880S3807_The wind whipped across each lake causing whitecaps and water spray_



Patagonia_880S3815_Massive glacier hanging off the mountain_



Patagonia_880S3829_Beautiful lake Pehoe - like no other lake we have ever seen!_



Patagonia_880S3836_Los Cuernos, rugged granite peaks are all throughout the park_



Patagonia_880S3849_The Glacier Grey is a never-ending ice field at the edge of the Grey Lake._



Patagonia_880S3852_View of Glacier Grey from the lookout_



Patagonia_880S3855_These icebergs broke off from Glacier Grey and floated down the lake_



Patagonia_880S3861_This catamaran is the only way to cross Lake Pehoe_



Patagonia_880S3863_Los Cuernos as seen from the catamaran_



Patagonia_880S3869_A huge explosion of ice and part of the glacier breaks off the mountainside_



Patagonia_880S3878_Waterfall seen from the catamaran in Lake Pehoe_



Patagonia_880S3879_Waterfall seen from the catamaran in Lake Pehoe_