Latin America and Antartica 2010 - 2011
Our first stop was Cuzco, high up in the Andes. It is a mixture of Inca and Spanish influence and a very friendly town.
The main reason to make a stop in Peru was to visit Machu Pitchu, the old Inca city in the mountains and one of the new world wonders. It takes a long train journey (or a several day hike) to get there but it is well worth it. It is a beautiful place and we had good weather to make it even better. Notice the seamless and cement free way the Inca’s build.
In Lima the centre is definitively Spanish. A cathedral with the remains of Pizzaro and the San Francisco monastery with the remains of over 30.000 people are the things we saw in the centre. We had great food and views from Lancomar shopping centre.
Before boarding our cruise ship we made a short stop in Santiago de Chile and Valparaiso.
The first stop was Puerto Montt on the Lake District. We saw the Osorno Vulcano and the Petrohue Rapids.
Puerto Aisen is a silted up harbor in the Chilean Fjords. The Rio Simpson is a beautiful river with thousands of purple flowers.	Brujo Glacier in the Chilean Fjords.
Magelhaen pinguins on Otway beach	Graves in Punto Arenas
Tierra de Fuego National Park near Ushuaia	Breeding Gentoo pinguins
Impressions from Antartica, rough nature, ice bergs, pinguins and whales.
On the Falkland Islands we visited Volunteer point, which has large colonies of King, Gentoo en Magelhaen pinguins.
Gentoo pinguin feeding a chick	Detlef on the beach
Central square in Montevideo with Gen. Artigas	Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires
Parliament building in Buenos Aires	Street in La Boca in Buenos Aires.

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