We were lucky. Although it was raining a bit, the weather was good for a landing at Horn Island and Cape Horn, the southern most part of South America and the world excluding Antarctica. We climbed 130 wooden steps that Magellan must have made back in 1520 and proceeded to the top, mostly forging our own path versus chancing the broken, rotted wood. There we saw the Albatross monument. This is dedicated to the sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks off Cape Horn. This area is where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet and is very treacherous water. 800 ships have sunk in this area. We are now at southern latitude 55 degrees. In the afternoon, we sailed to Wulaia island and bay for a short trek. We obviously missed the advertisement like Shackelton had before his voyage to Antarctica- “Safe return doubtful”. Actually the trek was about 2 hours straight up a muddy hill to see beaver tree cuttings and a small dam. Since the beavers work at night and sleep in the day, they were not there to greet us. Wulaia is the place where Captain Fitz Roy abducted 3 Yamana natives and took them to England for three years to educate them in the ways of the white man. It worked so well that when they returned 3 years later, one of them led a revolt and killed 8 new missionaries/settlers. We hope they refunded the school tuition. We hiked from about 6pm till 8pm. We were greeted with hot chocolate laced with whiskey at the beach which was a nice surprise. It still looked like 2 in the afternoon when we returned to the ship. This late night daylight is fun.