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Punta Arenas, Chile

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January 30, 2020 Our travels through Estrecho de Magallenes to Punta Arenas As you can see from these photographs below, dawn brought a much better day then the weather prediction in the Viking Daily newsletter of a Mostly Rainy 43 degrees F day - thank goodness!  However the day's weather would be a much more challenging event then I ever imagined. It was a cool but gorgeous morning! Hanging on the balcony.  Good morning Mr. Bill. An Antarctic Expedition Vessel - the Discovery Punta Arenas, Chile with the Patagonian Andes background. Coscoroba Swan (very goose-like) Tied to hold ship off the dock Strait of Magellan Park - Lorna's Excursion Our traveling friends all split up taking different Viking excursions - even Ray and I chose different sightseeing paths.  I had to be up and out early as my meeting time was at 8:10 AM.  The first sign I had of something afoot were long lines to get into...