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| Evita Peron's mausoleum in Buenos Aires. | We were warned to be careful in the Caminito area. | Buenos Aires looks very European. | Inside the Galerías Pacífico |
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| The Galerías Pacífico was the nicest shopping center we had ever seen. | An example of the architecture across from the Galerías Pacífico. | Linda & I went to the home-hosted dinner at Anna and Carlos' apartment. | We saw 100s of these blooming trees, the Chorisia speciosa. |
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| At the San Martin monument. He liberated southern South America from Spain. | A wonderful evening with the tango. | This opens, closes and is lit at night. | We had lunch at the Gato Blanco on the Delta. |
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| Our hosts in Montevideo, UY, Maggie & Constantino García, in front of a monument to the early Indians. | A view of Montevideo from the Fortaleza General Artigas. We were shown all over Montevideo. | A "typical" lunch. | Uruguayan barbecue. They call it "asado" in this part of South America. |
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| Gen. Artigas liberated Uruguay from Argentina. | A dress-up night | for us, too. | Lots of penguins at Punta Tombo. |
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| Punta Tombo was a long drive from Puerto Madryn. | Puerto Madryn was originally settled by Welsh coal miners. | We took dozens and dozens of penguin pictures. | How many people get to the Falkland Islands? |
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| A harpoon gun. | Igor Portnoi was a big hit with some of us. | We took "The Train at the End of the World" when we stopped at Ushuaia, AR, the world's most southern city. | A beautiful lake visit after the train ride. |
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| After the lake, we saw a gaucho performance. | Relaxing after Ushuaia. | Much time was spent at The Top of the Crown. | Mt. Olivia |
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| Fjords, glaciers and beautiful scenery... | more... | more... | Everyone enjoyed the sights. |
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| Not us but that's our ship, the Norwegian Crown, at Punta Arenas, CH. | A monument to Magellan | Shopping in Punta Arenas but no T shirts. | A chocolate extravaganza on the ship. |
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| Pisco sours were served often. Here, while on the Coyhaique & Simpson Valley, CH excursion. | At the Puerto Montt, CH stop, we went to Lake Esmeralda & the Petrohue Falls. | The Petrohue Falls. | Llamas at the restaurant at the end of this excursion. |
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| Some sort of steam engine made by Heinrich Lanz Mannheim. | Revisiting childhood. | The Osorno Volcano in the distance. | A puma was in back of the restaurant. |
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| Our last dinner on the ship. Le Bistro had terrific creme of mushroom soup served in hollowed-out bread. The escargot were good, too. | In Valparaiso, CH, a moai from Easter Island. The island is owned by Chile. | A clock in an upscale shopping center in Santiago, CH. | The presidential palace in Santiago. |
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| Santiago is a mix of very old and very modern, tall buildings. | The Castillo Hidalgo is in the center of things. | More from the Castillo Hidalgo. | With our guide, Christian. |
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| We made it to the top. | Resting before going down. Daniel Paredes (Program Manager) and Helen Talbot. | Dinner after our climb was at this really good restaurant. | The steak was good. Music and more pisco sours. |
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| A stop along the primary road between Chile and Argentina. On our way to lunch at the Hotel Portillo. | They said this mountain serves as a guardian for this road. | Traffic can't move fast on this main road. | Where we had lunch, 2 or 3 miles from the border. |
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| Unusual-looking dog at the Hotel Portillo. | A demonstration wanting Alberto Fujimori extradited to Peru in front of the Chilean Supreme Court. |
At Los Dominicos, arts and crafts. | American's flight was cancelled. Would our LAN flight leave when we wanted?? It did and they served beer and wine. |