Mostly we relaxed and got caught up on sleep. We had some great food and I spent a lot of time getting those Antarctica posts out. We also got to check out Tierra del Fuego – our first Patagonia National Park. We split up a bit and Michael and I went off to do a hike and see what we could see.
While on the hike, we started seeing the most beautiful vegetation! Fields of gorgeous yellow flowers, exotic orange bulbs and beautiful colors everywhere: weeds, fungus and moss, everywhere.
It took me just a little bit to realize that these amazingly beautiful things were the exact things that back home we’d probably be trying to get rid of. It’s amazing how a change in location and a slight change in perspective can make the super ordinary and often annoying look so beautiful.
2000 Paraguayan guarani to anyone who can identify, what I’m assuming is, fungi: