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Showing us how the cork is cut out of each piece of bark of the cork

Every slip of land we've traveled in Chile was once covered by the Patagonian Ice sheet which stretched all the way to the Andes. The remaining southern Patagonian Ice field still sprawls nearly 5,000 square miles.

View of the port

Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. The reserve covers a total area of 180,000 acres in the Central Andean dry puna eco region and consists of seven separate sections.

Magnificent Dickson Glacier in the background feeding into Grey Lake.

Surrounding the square are some historic buildings, including the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, Central Post Office Building, Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago, and the building that serves as the seat of local government for Santiago, There is always a group protesting something in this Plaza.

This is a building across the street from our hotel in Santiago that had two sides of the hotel painted into a giant mural around all the doors, windows and parts of the entire building. They do this to eliminate the graffiti which there is a lot in Santiago.

More words we are learning along the trip. This time in Spanish.

The flower market is just outside the Cemeterio General de Santiago.

For the second time on this trip we view up close a Condor in flight. I was one of the only photographers to catch this magnificent bird in flight.

Llamas - this was their livelihood of the time.

Stopping or falling could prove a real problem. A mouth full of dirt.

Ironically our bus driver's father was one of those killed from this area.

Protest demonstrations in the Plaza de Armas.

Nicole Flores, our Chilean guide for the trip, and one of our travelers mix the famous red "pipeno" to kill your sorrows. Quita penas, or "take away sorrow", is exactly what the patrons of this bar do - drown their sorrows with a large jug of pipeño or in one of their rich dishes. The food served here is a true example of Chilean comfort food at its finest, with bread, potatoes and meat as the base of almost all of these dishes.

It was a great drink. Each one went down better than the last.

Quita Penas is one of the historical hubs of Santiago, filled with stories and popular culture, it is here to stay.

We boarded the MS Skorpios III, our home for three nights as we cruise the Chilean fjords. This family owned vessel is uniquely designed with a reinforced hull for navigating ice and a small size for treading through the narrow fjords and bays.

he petroglyphs served as a place for travellers to document their experiences and contribute to history and culture.

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