Patagonia refers to the southern parts of Chile and Argentina, famous for majestic glaciers and snow capped mountain peaks. There are lots of arid areas with limited rainfall there, some with less than one inch rainfall per year. #1-7 Chile and the remainder Argentina. 2011年二月中下旬。
#1 Street dance performance, Santiago ().
#2 Adult Magellanic penguins (at Seno Otway Penguin Colony) have three water-proof layers. (The water-proof layers may be better than that worn by 熊貓媳婦 on Milford Track. 哈哈!) Young penguin has to molt to develop water-proof layers and has light color feather.
#3 Black-necked swan and her not-too- ugly cygnets ( 不太醜的醜小鴨).
#4 Hawk.
#5 Guanacos, relatives of llamas in wild.
#6 Torres del Paine National Park.
#7 Nandus, close relatives of ostrichs. The male takes the responsibilities of hatching the eggs (without eating anything for about a month) and raise the babies.
#8 During the long drive from Chile to Argentina, we stopped at a cattle ranch for lunch. It took 75 seconds for him to sheer the sheep. A local record was 45 seconds per sheep (for a total of 40 sheep).
#9 The wool from one sheep weighs around 6 kg.
#10 Sheep running loose.
#11 牧羊犬把跑散的羊趕回來。一頭羊從我們背後衝過來,(穿著老羊皮大衣)慣性太大,拐不了彎,突然蹦了起來,從我們頭上竄了過去。可惜一切發生太快,連抓拍都來不及。
#12 The majestic Perito Moreno Glacier. With a wall of ice rising 200 feet above the lake, it is one of the only advancing glaciers in the world.
#13 Baby condor在懸崖峭壁上約六層樓高處的窩裏, seen from our boat on the way to a glacier. Adult condor is the largest bird there, with a wing span that can reach 10 ft.
#14 The cemetery, where Evita Peron was buried, is the most expensive real estate (including houses) in Buenos Aires. 不少墓室地下有三層,地上有兩層。
#15 可憐天下父母心。
#16 Evita Peron was buried with her parents.
#17 Zoom-in. People here love Evita very much.
#18 豔遇,dancing with a Tango girl. But there was a 黑老大 (不過沒有中國的黑老大黑)kicking away Tango girl not belonging to him.
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