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From: "Anne Wolfe" | Block Address | Add to Address Book
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:20:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Go Anne Go! We have arrived!




We did it. We are here. I am overawed. I am in Patagonia. In Puntas Arenas (Port Sandy, I believe), right on the Magellanic Straight. We took the overnight train from Santiago to Tecumo, and then out of curiousity as to prices, as we accepted that we would probably be flying out of Puerto Montt anyway, checked into flying from Tecumo. We got tickets for US$178 round trip, so we took them, and flew out at 8 in the evening. This gave us the day to spend in Tecumo, which is not the most exciting city in the world, but is a fun enough day to spend the day in. I had time to get to Western Union and pick up funds (thank you, Jane), so I am solvent again, and it was warm, so after a far too large brunch, which we did not finish, we went shopping, lounged in the park (it was hot, so we mostly lounged with our feet in the fountain) and just generally acted as ladies of leisure until it was time to hop the flight. I feel as though I have wimped out a little by flying, seeing as I went via land from the northern end of Chile to two thirds the way down south, but the flying was quick and extraordinarily beautiful, with views of volcanos, the plains, the lakes, the fjords, and of course just before landing, the Magellanic Straight. The penguin colonies (there are two) are just north and west of here, and there is plenty of exploration to do in the next couple of days, before leaving for our Christmas week in the Falklands on Saturday.

Of course, in Santiago it was blazing hot, and in Tecumo it was still hot shorts and fountain weather. So it was slightly a shock to land and 1) just have the sun setting at 11 in the evening, and 2) have the pilot announce that it was 44F (I think that is about 4C), while I was still wearing the shorts and sandals. The place where we are staying is the first place I have been in South America that is actually heated. Interesting, but hey, its finally starting to feel like Christmas. The palm trees and the suntan lotion weren´t really making the cut, no matter how many times you hear "Jingle Bells" in the stores muzak systems.

A moment of silence please today in rememberance of Stuart Adamson, found dead of suicide by hanging in a Hawaii hotel room. He was one of my favorite artists growing up, and I feel older as they keep dropping off. This time last year was the loss of Kirsty MacColl, George Harrison is gone, and now Stuart Adamson. I am only 31, can all my teenage musical idols be fading so soon?

There is penguin exploring tomorrow.

Love,

Anne







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