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Sunset from Cerro de la Calavera. La Paz, Mexico
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If you’re ever in La Paz and find yourself with nothing to do one afternoon, this is a small hike, popular amongst locals, that you can take to get a pretty neat view of the beautiful sunsets La Paz never fails to deliver.
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The name of the of the place, that translates to ‘Hill of the Skull’, comes from very peculiar cave-like formations on its side that resemble that shape. You can easily reach these caves from the trail, about half way up to the lower summit.
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La Paz is a place with a lot of stories and legends (which is why it’s great to chat up the locals!), and Cerro de la Calavera also has a couple of them. One of them tells the story of the crew of a boat of early explorers of the Baja that were buried here; another one tells a tragic love story, but I’ll let you hear it from the locals once you visit.

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Somewhere in the East Cape of Los Cabos
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This here is another of those special places for me at home. So many cool experiences have taken place here. Amazing campings with the sound of manta rays as they splash back into the sea after trying to reach the starry skies. Great memories with some of the best friends I’ve been lucky to cross paths with.
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Last night we used it as the perfect backdrop to shoot a little bit of video for some of the best musicians I know in Cabo, followed by cold beers for the hot weather, delicious campfire dinner and jammin’ the night away.
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Thanks for one more cool memory in this place, friends!

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Old Lighthouse in Cabo San Pablo, Tierra del Fuego
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The day we visited the Desdemona Shipwreck you can find a few photos ago in my feed, we first did a small hike up the hill of Cabo San Pablo to witness an amazing view of the Atlantic Ocean.
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After seeing a Condor flying over us and stumbling upon a Guanaco that was roaming the area we reached the top, where you can find this Old Lighthouse.
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After having a couple of snacks while our guides from @tierraturismo and @canal_fun shared some cool information about the area, we took a little bit of time to enjoy the view of the Desdemona from the top and to play around this old lighthouse.
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It was built around 1940, but just a couple of years after that an earthquake left it in the position you can see in the photo. A new one was built with the proper corrections to avoid this would happen again, but this one remained and has become a well-known landmark.
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Soon after, though, it started raining a little bit and we maded our way back to those cool Land Rovers we rode around the Island. Maybe Nature sensed our hunger, since it rained for only 20 minutes after, and stopped as soon as we reached the lunch spot close to the ship.

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Ashy-headed Geese flying over A colony of King Penguins in Tierra del Fuego
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During #AdventureWeekTDF we were pretty lucky to see penguins not just once, but twice: first the Gentoos on our first day in Argentina, and then the Kings by the end of the trip in Chile.
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On our way to Porvenir to board our charter back to Punta Arenas, we stopped along the way in @parquepinguinorey to learn a little bit more about these fellas.
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The park began after 2010 when a group of close to 100 of these guys arrived to the place. People were very curious and pretty much harassed them, so a local family who owns the property took the initiative to protect the 8 penguins that did stay and educate visitors to further the conservation project.
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To avoid being intrusive, we watch them from afar behind a wooden wall built to limit the area according to the best conservation practices and using binoculars, but that’s more than enough to feel the connection with them. You can hear their cries, and they have a very particular one. At first I thought there was a drone in the area, but then I realized it was them. As they got close to the young ones that look up and make that funny sound.
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Praises to the family, team of scientists, and volunteers who take on the task of caring for this beautiful birds!

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Waking up to the Luis de Saboya Glacier
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Hey, everyone! I got lost for a couple of days, one being in transit back home, and one more in which I blacked out, sleeping for about 24 hours, haha, but I’m ready to continue sharing some more photos from Tierra del Fuego!
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After we kayaked with those humpbacks we sailed all night through the Trait of Magellan to get closer to the spot where we would meet the rest of group. We got up early morning while it was still dark to prepare all our stuff to jump off the Expedición Fitz Roy boat once we reached Caleta María.
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As we were finishing with breakfast, the light of day started creeping in, revealing the beautiful landscapes of the Darwin range we were sailing by. It didn’t take long for the massive Luis de Saboya glacier to appear behind a mountain, and all of us rushed out to enjoy the amazing view.
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Once energized with the chilly wind and awesome view of the glacier, we were ready to take on another day of #AdventureWeekTDF and made our way back to land in Tierra del Fuego. Not at all a bad way to wake up for adventure!

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