- Paine Circuit

    - Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia

    - Isla Magdalena (Penguin)

    - Punta Natales, Punta Arenas, Santiago

    Dec. 24, 2002 ~ Jan. 9, 2003

    The major destination of this Chile trip is to hike along with the "Paine Circuit" (to hike around the mountains shown in the above photo). It is one of the most spectacular trekking route in the world, truly amazing.  You may have seen the above photo in calendars many times and wondered how it could be like this, but it is true - so gorgeous like in a dream.

    The other memorial event of this trip was we saw lots of the wild penguins (not in the zoo), which was actually not in our original plan - we accidentally matched our hiking schedule to that of penguin seeing in a boot tour.

    Chilean people are very nice and friendly; I really like this country.