Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo1/28My son Bartolomé waking up in our cottage in Paine. We stayed in an ancient home that was one built by the first settlers in this area of Patagonia.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo2/28Meal stop in a lovely bar near Punta Arenas, Chile.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo3/28The view of Nordenskjöld Lake and the “Cuernos del Paine” (Paine horns) at the Torres Del Paine National Park.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo4/28Me, Marina Gallo, during a walk at sunset with a Woolrich coat and Blundstone boots.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo5/28A detail of my design for Ophiuchus Jewels, a gold pendant in Australian opal and ruby, and my favorite cashmere Hermès losange.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo6/28My husband Luis Ridao and I during a stop in a middle of nowhere.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo7/28My son Bartolomé, wearing Bonpoint and The Animals Observatory, playing at the Paine National Park with the Cuernos del Paine in the back.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo8/28This is mate, the favorite non-alcoholic drink of the gauchos in the area.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo9/28A cruz (cross) from an old Chilean estancia (farm) facing the Argentinian plains in the background.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo10/28Here I am inside of the old barn wearing a poncho by Hermès, Frame jeans, and boots from Jerome Dreyfuss.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo11/28The sunset taken by my husband.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo12/28Lupinos at sunrise, taken by Luis.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo13/28The summer landscape in Patagonia was full of sheep and the eternal snow in the mountains.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo14/28The beautiful Fitz Roy mountain near El Chaltén, seen during a magical sunset that we enjoyed so much.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo15/28A small piece of glacier and the rocks around.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo16/28A sanctuary on the road near El Calafate, in the Argentinian side of Patagonia.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo17/28Arial view of the beautiful Santa Cruz river. Sadly, the snake shape will change soon as the Argentinian government is planning to flood the area.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo18/28Bartolomé in front of "La Casa de Huesos" which is full of whales bones. It is a museum and a investigation place founded by Ohio native Rae Natalie Prosser de Goodall.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo19/28The “Promesa Rings” that I designed for Ophicuhus Jewels-in white and pink gold with diamonds- and a Lenga fruit. This native tree, Nothofagus pumilio, grows in low temperatures and abundant snow, and the fruit hides a small worm inside.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo20/28Vertebrae of whales found on the Tierra del Fuego coast.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo21/28Me in front of our cottage facing the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego archipelago, the southernmost tip of the Americas mainland.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo22/28Here I am (in Hermès) in Tierra Del Fuego next to a whale jaw. They did not hunt whales here, so these bones are from the whales that were stranded when the tide went down and could not be rescued.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo23/28Bartolomé and "dog” during one of our afternoon walks along the coast of the Beagle Channel.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo24/28Leaving our cottage in an Isabel Marant jacket and Philosophy dress during a rainy moment. It's amazing how you can experiment all the season's weather in one day.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo25/28Falling off the map: our location signaled with my “Promesa Rings” in white and pink gold with diamonds, designed for Ophiuchus Jewels. This is the southernmost populated area in the world.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo26/28A sunny moment between the Lupines wearing Alexandra Golovanoff, Frame jeans, and a gold pendant from Ophiuchus Jewels.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo27/28A portrait of me by my husband Luis Ridao.
Photo: Courtesy of Marina Gallo28/28With my son Bartolomé next to a Bandera tree immersed in the dramatic landscape of Tierra del Fuego.
