The rest of South America

I took some time to relax in Ushuaia and try some new sports and activities. My favourite activity was using the climbing wall.

The food was very different from the food I’m used to but some of it was really good. The rice dish is locro. It’s a traditional stew of meat and vegetables.

These are my favourite landscapes they all come from Torres del Paine park.

I saw lots of animals including guanacos, condors, birds of prey and lots of horses. The top bird is a southern crested caracara that sat nice and still while we took photos. The other bird is an Andean condor that we were lucky enough to see fairly close as we left El Chalten. It is a huge bird almost as tall as the fence.

We stopped at the milodon cave and there were giant metal animals shaped like the prehistoric animals that roamed the earth at the same time as the milodons.

We also found a chair shaped like a giant backpack in the middle of El Chalten.

Back in Ottawa we visited the Museum of Nature where there were lots of dinosaurs and other animal exhibits.