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| We were sad to say goodbye to our dome tent – very comfortable with a little wood stove |
Due to the long distance to return to civilisation there wasn't time to visit the whales again, instead we hoped to see them on the way. It wasn't to be, no whales to be seen.
As if to make up for the lack of whales the weather stayed impossibly calm, just a steady rain falling into a smooth sea. Hard to believe that the Strait often gets 3-4m swells!
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| Albatross reluctantly taking off |
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| Gliding so close to the water |
After lunch we were lucky again to see more dolphins austal – this time they were playing in the bow wave! We rushed out to see them; all of us as excited as children. It was amazing to watch them effortlessly swimming alongside the boat, twisting to look up at us.
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| Incredibly fast and effortless swimmers |
Finally we arrived back in Punta Arenas, just in time as the weather was changing and the wind was starting to pick up. It was an incredible trip; an amazing landscape and the whales were better than we'd ever hoped for.
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