Tag: Chile
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Punta Arenas — the Flat Fellas went for a short walk
#flatstanley #flathal #puntaarenas #chile On the shuttle ride from the ship to the city center, to Plaza de Armas, Flat Hal and Flat Stanley had their eyes focused on everything we passed, looking for something to wander back to. Fortunately the square we were dropped at was a short distance from the shoreline where some…
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The Chilean Fjords
#flathal #flatstanley #fjords #chile That heading alone might take a moment. Do you know where Chile is? What a Fjord is? (Norway has Fjords too!) Two days sailing the Fjords of Chile showed the Flat Fellas dramatic mountains, some covered in snow, and two glaciers. How big is that glacier?The cruise ship in front of…
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Where in the world are the Flat Fellas?
#flathal #flatstanley #southamerica #chile Flat Hal and Flat Stanley are sailing from Puerto Chacobuco to Punta Arenas by way of a scenic cruising through the fjords of Chile. On the smaller map, we started at the northern most red pinpoint, sailed by the glaciers at the middle pinpoints in the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, and…
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Coyhaique is the capital of both the Aysén Region and the Coyhaique province.
#flatstanley #flathal #coyhaique #chile Flat Hal and Flat Stanley learned that Chile has 16 regions… kind of like states in the U.S., or province/territories in Canada. In Chile, provinces are like counties in the United States, or municipalities/regional districts in Canada. Sometimes, when we are traveling, we encounter a word, or concept we know the…
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Puerto Chacabuco — a day of sightseeing
#flathal #flatstanley #chile #ghostlake Flat Hal and Flat Stanley got a bit distracted at our first stop on the tour. The guide intended for us to look and see if we spotted an animal that was native to the region and frequented the area. However, the lake itself offered something different, and magical when we…
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The Flat Fellas saw a lot of birds in Castro, Chiloe, Chile
#flathal #flatstanley #chile #birds And fortunately, today, we had the camera with a good optical zoom with us to try and capture some nice photos.
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley set out to see a UNESCO World Heritage Site
#flatstanley #flathal #UNESCO #Chiloe Have you ever heard of a UNESCO World Heritage Site? These are places that are considered to be of value to everyone around the world. When we asked Google’s Gemini AI about it, we received this beautiful phrase in the response: these sites represent the best of our planet’s cultural and…
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The Flat Fellas Visit Puerto Montt, Chile
#flathal #flatstanley #puertomontt #chile Flat Stanley joined Flat Hal for a leisurely walk on shore after a short tender ride over from the cruise ship. We talked in our previous journal about tenders. When the boat anchors a short way from land, some of the lifeboats are used to carry passengers to land. We have…
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A walk around Robinson Crusoe Island
#flatstanley #flathal #islarobinsoncrusoe #chile Shortly after getting off the tender on Isla Robinson Crusoe I saw this large carved statue. It is in memory of Alexander Selkirk who was marooned on this island for four years. As Flat Hal and Flat Stanley explored the island they were struck by the variety of plants and flowers.…
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The Flat Fellas Visit Isla Robinson Crusoe
#flathal #flatstanley #islarobinsoncrusoe #chile Robinson Crusoe Island is the second largest island in the Juan Fernández Islands, west of South America, part of Chile. Why visit a small island with a population of 800? (With help from Gemini AI) The Juan Fernández Islands are a biodiversity hotspot with a high rate of endemism. Here’s a…
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley are tryingto learn about Mammals…
#flathal #flatstanley #chile #sealion Specifically Seals vs. Sea Lions, how to tell them apart, and how to identify what these guys they spotted in San Antonio, Chile are — can you help? Is this the South American Sea Lion? Why do the flat fellas think they saw the South American Sea Lion? There are a…
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Kelp Gull in San Antonio, Chile
#flatstanley #flathal #chile #kelpgull Flat Hal and Flat Stanley thought we were photographing two different types of Sea Gulls, but it turned out these are all Kelp Gulls, the difference in the color of their feathers comes from whether or not they are an adult. The flat fellas had fun this afternoon watching the giant…
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San Antonio, the port city for Santiago, Chile
#flatstanley #flathal #chile Flat Hal was amused when he discovered he and Flat Stanley were visiting San Antonio. That’s the name of a city “not far” from home in Texas. Have you ever looked up your city name to see if there are other towns with the same name in other states/provinces or countries? According…
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70th Meridian West, a little time zone help, please?
#flathal #flatstanley #map #70thmeridianwest #chile Find the 70th meridian west on a map… meridian is another word for longitude, so we are looking for a line going up over and around the height of the Earth. (In our previous journal we talked about how longitude lines are long, and latitudes have attitude and wrap the…
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Christo de la Concordia de Arica – Christ of Peace (or Harmony) of Arica, Chile
#flatstanley #flathal #arica #chile #statue If you have ever seen a movie with scenes in the city of Rio de Janeiro then you have probably seen the statue known as Christ the Redeemer. It is huge, and stands atop a mountain overlooking Rio. Movies use something called an “establishing shot” a brief image to let…
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Birds Near the Cruise Ship Pier in Arica, Chile
#flathal #flatstanley #arica #chile #birding Gray Gull, Franklin’s Gull and Laughing Gull were all out in the water, can you help us identify which is which? Who do you “flock together” with? Do your friends play sports together? Other types of games? What do you enjoy doing together?