We were happy because it was a pier landing..... No tender mess to deal with. But we did have a false start, due to bad communication on the part of the shore excursion company and a crew member, we ended up riding a bus into town and then a taxi back to the ship. We finally found our mufti-grouped tour group in a weird glass tube. Tour consisted of an hour bus ride over rough dirt roads, then a nice walk thru the penguin park area. Usually there are around 8000 penguins at this location. We saw 20..... If you do the math it is one- quarter of one percent. Most had left for the summer, but we did see pink flamingos! That was a surprise, I had assumed that Florida had the concession on them. The beach area was flat with colorful small flowers. Best story of the trip was about how Chile started ranching. In the 60's prop planes brought in 60 cattle along with 2 cowboys. Whole town came out to see the spectacle of the cattle getting off the plane
