Timsup2nothin
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Starting with the formation of the planet!
Obviously the artist is a fan of James Michener.
Obviously the artist is a fan of James Michener.
Journey to the End of the World
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Sorry guys, I've been a bit distracted recently.. and for the last hour I was running around the house thinking it was Saturday. Well, I had some caffeine and it turns out it's Friday. This is pretty sweet, I have way more time than I thought I did for what I have to get done this weekend! So I'm going to try to get through some updates now.
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I'm jealous. That always goes the other way for me.
"I've got plenty of time, it isn't due until Thursday."
"Whaaan whaaan, whann whan wha whaaann."
"What? Today is Thursday? Really??"
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Return to Punta Arenas
Not too long after checking out that mural we went to a decent looking restaurant for dinner. And did I ever eat.. I ordered a king crab meal that came served with salmon and rice that was all drizzled with a garlic cheese sauce. There was a lot of it. This was the first full day after our hike, so as far as I was concerned this was my victory feast. I wolfed down the entire thing and it was amazing. I had never eaten king crab before, and I'm not a huge seafood fan, but it was delicious.
A couple hours later we were waiting for the bus. Jane had bought a bag of apples for the 4 hour hour ride back to Punta Arenas. They came in a thin plastic bag that was tied shut.
Half an hour into the bus ride or so and I was feeling a bit uneasy. I didn't realize what was about to happen until a couple seconds before it did. I notified Jane of the on-coming vomit as soon as I was aware of its imminent arrival, and she scrambled for those apples. Untying the bag with a ninja-like precision, she opened it up and passed it to me. I grabbed it just in time for a powerful jet of vomit to shoot inside, as opposed to onto the seat in front of me and everywhere else..
It seemed to go on for a while - and I apologize for the offensiveness of this post, but I had never vomited like that in my life. Jane's mouth was wide open during the whole ordeal as well.. I didn't have time to be shocked in any way (I had to focus on aim), but she sure did. After it was all said and done and the bag of vomit was tied up inside two other plastic bags, she wouldn't even talk to me for the rest of the ride. The worst part was that there were no garbage bins anywhere to be seen on the bus either.. and even if there were, the bag of vomit was fairly sizeable..
I disposed of it at the first garbage bin we ran into in Punta Arenas. I was kind of happy to finally be there. Jane did not seem to share in my sentiments, from what I was able to ascertain of the situation. I think she might have had plans for that bag. That or I smelled like the last thing you want to smell for 4 hours. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
The next day was a Saturday. We didn't have any set plan for the last week of the trip, but it was clear that we both wanted to set foot on the Land of Fire - Tierra Del Fuego. We bought bus tickets to Ushuaia, southernmost city in Argentina and the world, and spent the day going souvenir shopping, doing laundry at a mall, where we also had fairly bad pizza (Telepizza, avoid it if you can).
And the last note in my notebook for this day seems to say "Spiderman", but I have no idea what that's all about.
Not too long after checking out that mural we went to a decent looking restaurant for dinner. And did I ever eat.. I ordered a king crab meal that came served with salmon and rice that was all drizzled with a garlic cheese sauce. There was a lot of it. This was the first full day after our hike, so as far as I was concerned this was my victory feast. I wolfed down the entire thing and it was amazing. I had never eaten king crab before, and I'm not a huge seafood fan, but it was delicious.
A couple hours later we were waiting for the bus. Jane had bought a bag of apples for the 4 hour hour ride back to Punta Arenas. They came in a thin plastic bag that was tied shut.
Half an hour into the bus ride or so and I was feeling a bit uneasy. I didn't realize what was about to happen until a couple seconds before it did. I notified Jane of the on-coming vomit as soon as I was aware of its imminent arrival, and she scrambled for those apples. Untying the bag with a ninja-like precision, she opened it up and passed it to me. I grabbed it just in time for a powerful jet of vomit to shoot inside, as opposed to onto the seat in front of me and everywhere else..
It seemed to go on for a while - and I apologize for the offensiveness of this post, but I had never vomited like that in my life. Jane's mouth was wide open during the whole ordeal as well.. I didn't have time to be shocked in any way (I had to focus on aim), but she sure did. After it was all said and done and the bag of vomit was tied up inside two other plastic bags, she wouldn't even talk to me for the rest of the ride. The worst part was that there were no garbage bins anywhere to be seen on the bus either.. and even if there were, the bag of vomit was fairly sizeable..
I disposed of it at the first garbage bin we ran into in Punta Arenas. I was kind of happy to finally be there. Jane did not seem to share in my sentiments, from what I was able to ascertain of the situation. I think she might have had plans for that bag. That or I smelled like the last thing you want to smell for 4 hours. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
The next day was a Saturday. We didn't have any set plan for the last week of the trip, but it was clear that we both wanted to set foot on the Land of Fire - Tierra Del Fuego. We bought bus tickets to Ushuaia, southernmost city in Argentina and the world, and spent the day going souvenir shopping, doing laundry at a mall, where we also had fairly bad pizza (Telepizza, avoid it if you can).
And the last note in my notebook for this day seems to say "Spiderman", but I have no idea what that's all about.
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It may be a "look at the bright side" reference on the vomiting incident. After all, you could have been wearing a Spidy mask.
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Ushuaia
The bus ride from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia took about 10 hours. Three hours into the trip we boarded a ferry, which took us across the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego. From there we made our way to the Chilean - Argentine border, where we had to get out of the bus, fill out some paperwork, and dispose of some fruit. After that it was a bit of a slow and at times dangerous-looking ride down to Ushuaia, generally considered to be the southernmost city in the world.
After arriving, getting settled at a hostel, and exchanging pleasentries with the "guitar guy" who we found hanging out in our dorm room, it was time to crash. Unbeknownst to us however, the bed Jane was sleeping in was already spoken for - by an elderly gentleman who arrived after lights were out. I saw him walk into the room and stand there beside our bunk bed, over Jane, muttering something to himself.. Eventually a conversation between them began, but it was all in Spanish, so I was none the wiser..
Turns out there was a bit of a mix-up by staff; this guy had been staying there and sleeping in that bed for just over a month. In the end he got an upgrade out of it and we got to get back to sleep.
The next day we walked around town for a bit and settled on a cruise which would take us east down the Beagle Channel, towards a penguin colony.
Ushuaia:
At one point there was an interesting rainbowy effect in the distance. You can kind of see it here:
Next we visited a seal colony.
The bus ride from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia took about 10 hours. Three hours into the trip we boarded a ferry, which took us across the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego. From there we made our way to the Chilean - Argentine border, where we had to get out of the bus, fill out some paperwork, and dispose of some fruit. After that it was a bit of a slow and at times dangerous-looking ride down to Ushuaia, generally considered to be the southernmost city in the world.
After arriving, getting settled at a hostel, and exchanging pleasentries with the "guitar guy" who we found hanging out in our dorm room, it was time to crash. Unbeknownst to us however, the bed Jane was sleeping in was already spoken for - by an elderly gentleman who arrived after lights were out. I saw him walk into the room and stand there beside our bunk bed, over Jane, muttering something to himself.. Eventually a conversation between them began, but it was all in Spanish, so I was none the wiser..
Turns out there was a bit of a mix-up by staff; this guy had been staying there and sleeping in that bed for just over a month. In the end he got an upgrade out of it and we got to get back to sleep.
The next day we walked around town for a bit and settled on a cruise which would take us east down the Beagle Channel, towards a penguin colony.
Ushuaia:
At one point there was an interesting rainbowy effect in the distance. You can kind of see it here:
Next we visited a seal colony.
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More pictures from the Beagle Channel cruise
"The lighthouse at the end of the world" is what Argentines call the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, which lies 5 nautical miles east of Ushuaia. It is a big tourist attraction.. but to most people "the lighthouse at the end of the world" will mean the one made famous by Julius Verne.. over 100km to the east from here.
"The lighthouse at the end of the world" is what Argentines call the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, which lies 5 nautical miles east of Ushuaia. It is a big tourist attraction.. but to most people "the lighthouse at the end of the world" will mean the one made famous by Julius Verne.. over 100km to the east from here.
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We weren't really super close to be honest, but yeah, they probably see a couple such sightseeing boats a day, so they have got to be used to them.
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It's amusing how much the flight capable birds resemble the penguins they are hanging around with. I did a double take on the second photo, thinking that was an airborne penguin passing over the island.
Cutlass, I would guess the penguins were far more concerned about those seals than they were about Warpus diving off the boat after them.
Cutlass, I would guess the penguins were far more concerned about those seals than they were about Warpus diving off the boat after them.
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Those are all birds actually, no penguins!
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I request a security sweep to check all their ID cards.
Some of them look pretty penguiny to me!That would explain their nonchalance in the face of those seals though.
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We totally thought they were penguins too, actually. If I'm remembering this right.. Then we got closer, and nope. But no worries, we got to the penguins soon enough.
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Penguins!
In the distance.. a Canadian flag? We got closer to the penguin beach, and.. yes!
The penguins you see are Magellanic penguins.
We got in very close, but weren't allowed to leave the boat.
These particular penguins seemed to be a bit curious.
In the distance.. a Canadian flag? We got closer to the penguin beach, and.. yes!
The penguins you see are Magellanic penguins.
We got in very close, but weren't allowed to leave the boat.
These particular penguins seemed to be a bit curious.
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Of course they are curious...they were flying the Canadian flag!
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More Penguins!
Link to video.
There was a lot of stupid wind noise in these videos, so I replaced it with the first "this sounds about right" random songs I clicked in the youtube public domain song picker thingy.
Link to video.
Link to video.
Other pictures from the boat ride back
Link to video.
There was a lot of stupid wind noise in these videos, so I replaced it with the first "this sounds about right" random songs I clicked in the youtube public domain song picker thingy.
Link to video.
Link to video.
Other pictures from the boat ride back
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I will always miss those penguins. 
For some reason though, youtube is STILL processing my "add some goddamn music to this video" editing "request". I put it in at like 11:45pm last night. That was almost 12 hours ago!
Either way, as soon as it's in there, I urge you to re-watch that video again.
For some reason though, youtube is STILL processing my "add some goddamn music to this video" editing "request". I put it in at like 11:45pm last night. That was almost 12 hours ago!
Either way, as soon as it's in there, I urge you to re-watch that video again.
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