In Patagonia Day 12
In Patagonia Day 12 Puerto Natales—Mylodon Cave—Puerto Natales In a glass case at the Salesian Museum in Punta Arenas are two pieces of mylodon hide. Although extinct for at least 10,000 years, the fur looks fresh as if the animal were killed this year. Bruce Chatwin begins his book In Patagonia describing a piece of […]
In Patagonia Day 11
In Patagonia Day 11 Grande Paine—Puerto Natales This morning the sun came up over the ridge as brutally strong winds whipped up Lago Grey, dragging aloft a fine mist which made rainbows. One of the most common words in The Voyage of the Beagle is “wind,” but of course that’s to be expected in a […]