We have a sneaking suspicion that Andrew Evans traveled the entire 10,000 miles by bus just to hang out with penguins. You don’t have to remind me: I know how lucky I am. I am lucky to travel so much and I am luckiest of all for getting to see so many penguins. I have literally seen millions of penguins and let me tell you, I will never, ever, ever get sick of them, ever. I might be able to watch a robin in my backyard for say, twenty or thirty seconds, but with penguins, I just can’t pull my eyes away. I am forever fascinated by their every move, feather and spacey cry. I know am not alone. Throughout my journey, friends and followers all commented on how much they loved penguins, even if they had only seen them on TV. What’s even more amazing is how this one kind of bird that only lives in one very specific and difficult-to-access region of the world has such a huge commercial following. Google “penguin stuff” and the merchandise never ends, from penguin ice cube trays to pewter penguin toilet handles . Someone needs to write (probably has already written) a PhD dissertation that deconstructs our human love affair with penguins. Obviously, there’s the whole anthropomorphic thing–that penguins look like “little gentleman” dressed in tuxedos (that’s what the early British explorers thought of the Adélie penguins they first saw.) Also, penguins stand and walk upright like people and they form huge crowds just like people do

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