[Big Trip] Puerto Williams

It was another interesting start of the day. I woke up at 6am looked out of the window and we were already in Puerto Williams in beautiful weather. I quickly threw on a jacket and a pair of trousers and went on deck to snap a few pics.
After breakfast I took part in the walk to the beech forest (the southernmost forest in the world) but was soon fed up with all those people, especially the noisy Americans so I just waited for a while and took photos of flowers and beeches and mosses etc.
One of the Austrians came back from the big group and then pointed to the left so we investigated and found a big tree infested with a "golfball fungus", also called "Indian Bread" as the previous inhabitants used to eat them. I didn't, though. Although they look nice (bright orange), I wasn't too keen on trying. I ate some calafates, though, a local berry, similar to the cranberries in Europe. Not quite ripe yet but I can imagine the marmalade is very nice.

Best bit of today was when I had waited until all the others had already gone back or were still in the back and it was quiet and I was the only one on the road. Suddenly, the birds came back and I managed to snap a beautiful songbird with a bright yellow chest. I'll find out later what it was. We also saw some ducks (Steamer Ducks, I think) with chicks.

We just set off 15 minutes ago and are on our way through the Beagle Channel and then South to Cape Horn!

Sea Lions, Fin Whales and Cape Horn, oh my!

The excitement didn't seem to end today. On our way to Cape Horn we spotted a group of Sea Lions playing in the sea and later several Fin Whales which were a bit too far away to get clear pics of but at least I saw them blow and the occasional fin.
We arrived at Cape Horn Island at around 5:30 and circumnavigated it slowly. It was cloudy and a bit windy but we still could see the rocks, the lighthouse and the albatross monument clearly. The winds were quiet, too, and even now that we've entered open sea (the dreaded Drake Passage), wind speed is only 4-5 on the Beaufort scale.
Dinner soon, then working through today's photos and then hopefully a good night's sleep. We'll be able to visit the bridge tomorrow so that will hopefully be interesting.