waiting for us rare sighting of another ship in the Straits of Ma… pseudo-gaucho cocktail hour scenery, Straits of Magellan Magdalena Island - penguins and lighthouse Magdalena Island lighthouse Sorry, folks, we can't land... as we dock in Punta Arenas park, Punta Arenas late spring historic buildings - Punta Arenas government building - Punta Arenas citizen of Punta Arenas iris iris unfurling - Immortality peony study in whites - at least the bluish ones pizza parlor - kitchen nicotiana looking over part of Punta Arenas dogs on the roof Punta Arenas is colorful beach Aguila Glacier - detail Aguila Glacier lichen garden shoreline shuttling to shore another view of Wulaia Bay mistletoe Wulaia Bay Darwin slept here we were escorted by dolphins after the hike at the Visitor Center palo verde in bloom diamondback in the wild prickly pear beavertail cactus? The pads don't look quite right… prickly pear water in the desert graphic warning ocotillo flower desert tree