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Grytviken, South Georgia
Day 12 – kayaking and zodiac landing at Grytviken We had sunny skies, which made for a very fun day. We started the morning with kayaking in the bay in front of Grytviken. Before beginning the experience, we donned dry suits and life jackets for the experience. We took a zodiac from the ship to
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Christmas Day – at sea
Day 10 – another sea day Today there were no mandatory briefings. Instead there were a few expedition talks and a cookie decorating session. And, what started out looking like it might be a boring day at sea, became a much more exciting day. We had our first iceberg sighting while eating breakfast, And we
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Christmas Eve at sea
Today is another sea day as we cruise to the South Georgia Islands. The people on South Georgia are very serious about protecting the pristine environment so we had another biosecurity video and clothing inspection. The real fear is Avian Flu that might be carried along and there is also concern that no non native
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Port Stanley, Falklands
Day 9 – a couple of excursions from Port Stanley Thankfully there is a little bay in front of Port Stanley so despite the strong winds today, we were able to use the tenders to get to shore to enjoy our excursions. It was a very windy day, which is how the weather in this
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Disappointment #1
Day 8 – West Point, West Falkland Island – or at least that is what was scheduled We were unable to tour on West Falkland Island as had been scheduled because of the wind. The captain even took the ship to the other side of the island to see if there was enough protection there
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At Sea
Day 6 = Altantic ocean between Ushuaia and the Falkland Islands We had a few mandatory safety meetings today. One was to explain how to get in and out of the zodiacs (I guess the kayak demo is later when we are closer to where we will kayak. Anyway, here is a picture of all
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To the end of the world
Day 5 – travel from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia We had a very early start today to catch a 5:40 am flight to Ushuaia…the town that credits themselves as being the city closest to the south pole. There are about 90,000 permanent residents and many that come to work the tourist season between October and
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Travel Day
Day 5 – Iguazu to Buenos Aires It looks like not much and it is only a two-hour flight, but there was an undescribed mechanical issue with our plane that started with an announcement that they were “rebooting the system” and that would take about 20 minutes. That announcement was followed by radio silence for
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Kayaking the Parana River
Day 4 – another beautiful sunny day Today was a fun day with the primary activity of driving out to La Lorenza, the private reserve of Emilio and Picu White about 1.5 hours from the National Park. Emilio is a well-known nature photographer in Argentina and a book of his photography is in each room
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Iguazu Falls…
Day 3 – Bicycles, a jungle truck, a speed boat, and a train Today was another beautiful sunny day in Iguazu. We had an early start to the day with a 6:30 am pick up to go to a nearby ‘village’ for some bicycle riding. It really wasn’t much riding, but it was a two-hour
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