Hilary's Trip 2006-2007

Goodbye South America! This is the last photo I took during my trip: Sunset over the Ria de la Plata at the docks of Colonia in Uruaguay. I...

Greetings from Colonia del Sacramento. After taking the bus here from Montevideo, I spent 4 hours visiting this lovely colonial town from th...

A street in Colonia. Notice the colored houses, cobblestone streets and blue skies. It's 28 degrees today.

view of the old wall of Colonia with the lighthouse in the distance

Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, is cross the river ria de la Plata from Buenos Aires. I took a rapid boat (the trip lasts an hour) from...

Sunset on one of the beaches of Montevideo east of downtown looking back at the city.

The Montevideo Cathedral in the old section of town. This square was pretty-- others weren't as much.

The rapid boat of the Buquebus company. It travels back and forth between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento in Urugu ay. There...

Here I am in front of a sign for a spot in Tierra del Fuego National Park. This is actually the spot where Route Number 3 , the Pan-Americ...

view of peaks in Tierra del Fuego National Park

Lots of rabbits in Tierra del Fuego park!

After hiking up here in Tierra del Fuego park, I then got lost in a forest and peat bog hiking down! That was really scarey, but I finally f...

Lqgo de Roca. I took this photo this afternoon in Tierra del Fuego National Park.

beever dam in Tierra del Fuego National Park

lighthouse in Beagle Channel

In Beagle Channel, there's an island inhabited all-year round by penquins. At this time of year, there were only about 700, but we weer...

Close-up of penquins on island in Beagle Channel

Baby seal in Beagle Channel

Seals on an island in Beagle Channel

King cormorans and sea lions seen on an island in Beagle Channel

Leaving the port of Ushuaia yesterday afternoon. I took this photo from a camaran boat on the Beagle Channel. The Beagle Channel goes fro...

A red fox seen from the road on the way to the lake below

Here I am in my Chilean hat standing in front of a very large lake up above Ushuaia!

View of the bay of Ushuaia taken from the base of the ski lift on the mountain above town. Took the ski lift up in order to visit the Marti...

Port of Ushuaia

View of Ushuaia taken from the plane when I arrived four days ago

Unfortunately, the day was overcast, so it was difficult to see the three "towers" for which Torres del Paine is named, but the la...

Waterfall in Torres del Paine National Park

This a herd of guanaoes, which are part of the lama (hence camel) family. We saw lots of them in the Torres del Paine and Glaciares Nationa...

Perito Mereno Glacier.

Notice the blue inside the glaciar's walls!

Here I am standing in front of part of the Perito Moreno Glacier, which is in the Glaciares National Park southwest of El Calafate. As I sai...

I took these photos at the El Calafate nature reserve. In the foreground you can see some pink flamingoes.

This is one of the outdoor exhibits at the local museum in El Calafate. The museum traces the history of this part of the Patagonia region ...

This is a photo I took during a walk above El Chalten a few days ago. I'm now in El Calafate. On Sunday I visited the Perito Moreno gla...