fotolotti Pictures bring us closer

The good ship Rotterdam continued south along the Chilean coast till morning the next day, when we docked at Punta Arenas, Chile. There was a strong breeze with cloudy skies, and the temperature didn't reach 50 F. We spent the day on a tour of a very old natural history museum and the very old cemetery. The museum displayed examples of local birds and mammals, some now extinct, and relics of Indians that formerly inhabited the area. The cemetery reminded us of similar cemeteries we had seen in New Orleans.

That evening we unmoored and sailed into the night, leaving Chile for Ushuaia, on the Canal de Beagle, our first contact with Argentina.

Our money will change from Chilean pesos at 580 to US $1.00 to Argentine pesos at 3.2 to US $1.00. And, we will soon lose another hour's sleep when we change our clocks.