Have You Ever Eaten Beaver?

We were forced to stay the night at Rio Gallegos when we got off the bus from B.A. and found a hotel with ease. That day we spent walking around the town. Nice town. The picture below is of us having the first real meal in three days in Rio Gallegos. The bus food smelled like cat food. ugh.



The next day we caught the 1:00 bus to Punta Arenas, because our orignial plan to Ushuia would not work, becuase the busses were full. 4 hours later ( two of those spent at the Chilean Customs!!) we arrived to Punta Arenas where we are now writing this blog. This is a great town. It caters to tourists like us, a little overhwleming when it comes to prices as well. The picture below is on the bus from Rio to Punta Arenas. The ocean is finally here!



Now, it seems one of the many great parts of this trip is the food. Everywhere the food has been very good. I happy to report that Annika officaly hates beaver, llama, pickled goose and lamb as pictured below.


Annika had read about this restaurant in her travel book that deals expecially with game food. So we order the game taster appetizer, along with main dishes of king crab canoli and really tender lamb. Can you guess who had what?

The night was going well untill the waitress decided to give us a free drink. Well, we ( I) recieved more than that. The lady brought out three bottles of their traditon pisco sour. And she made us try all three of them. Annika kept saying no, rightfully so, but the waitress poured them anyway. Annika was in complete distress about her full shots of evil water and did not know what to do. Being the generous, loving, heart felt boyfriend that I am, I took the bullet and took them for her :) Your welcome.


After that evening we walked back to the hostal. Which is a very nice and homey atmosphere with fresh baked bread in the morning! Really good! I also wanted to say that it is really reallyu windy down here. The gusts shake buildings and can knock you over if you are not careful.

Today we walked in circles around Punta Arenas and from one end to the other deciding how best to spend our money....or give it away in the next couple of days. The biggest attraction here are the Penguin tours in the Isla Magdelena. So yes we will be seeing Penguins on Thursday. And the best part instead of bussing our way up the Andes decided to book tickets on the Navimag ferry from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt ( a four day tour up the Chilean coastline). We´re very excited about this. So in figuring all of this out and going to different travel offices we found ourselves on the opposite end of town, but decided to enjoy the nice sunny windy weather on a long walk back where we found some fun parks along the way. Enough said...