muchos penguinos

Feb. 5

things i learned:

1. street names on maps of punta arenas are not the same as the street names in real life.

2. isla magdallena has more penguinos then you could ever imagine.

3. penguinos smell really bad. and make a very very strange noise. and dig holes. and hump each other. and poop a lot. and are super cute, especially ones that put their arms around each other.

4. isla marta has an abundance of sea lions.

5. alpha male sea lions are freaking HUGE. i have seen many a sea lion in my day but every time i forgot how big these bad boys can get. seriously, their head is the size of like 10 of me. and they make the scariest, deepest noise ever. i would NEVER want to piss one off. he could put his left flipper on me and i would be crushed to death.

6. toninas (dolphins with a white fin and black underbelly) are the most beautiful creature ever. and are very rare to see. we were really lucky and saw many of them from our zodiac on our way back to punta arenas.

7. if your kitchen is closed at your hostel, walk into another hostel as if you are staying there, make friends with the other residents, use their kitchen, clean up, and leave. and dont laugh otherwise you will give yourself away.