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USHUAIA, ARGENTINA This morning we woke up in Ushuaia, our stop for the day. We had booked a bus tour to Tierra del Fuego Park. During the tour,we made stops at Lapataia bay on the Beagle Channel, Roca Lake and at the end of the world highway. This is the end of the highway whatContinue reading “February 2, 2020”

SEADAY, SAILING THROUGH GLACIER ALLEY This morning we sailed through the Beagle channel. The scenery here was stunning. This section of waterway is refered to as Glacier Alley. Granite mountain walls rising up out of the channel with snow capped mountain tops. On both sides of the channel we seen waterfalls coming down and plungingContinue reading “February 1, 2020”

PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE This morning when we woke up we were tied up to the dock in the port of Punta Arenas. We didn’t book any orginised tours in this port. After breakfast we walked off board and took the complimentary shuttle bus to the center of town. From here we ventured off on foot.Continue reading “January 31, 2020”

SEADAY Early morning this morning we had to be on deck at 6:30am as we were right in front of Amalia glacier. It was a little bit foggy and cloudy, which obstructed the view somewhat. Besides that it was still spectacular. The fact that they were serving spicey Bloody Mary’s for $5 made it evenContinue reading “January 30, 2020”

SEADAY (10 deg C) Good Morning. Well it was a pretty rocky night last night. Didn’t get sea sick, but it was hard to sleep. This morning we watched some info about Antartica on the big screen, with commentary by the BBC Antartica exploration team I followed that up with another golf putting game. NoContinue reading “January 29, 2020”

PUERTO CHACABUCO, CHILE Good Day. Puerto Chacabuco is located on the end of an inlet near the mouth of the Aysen River in Southern Chile. It is a small port town population near 1400. The main source of industry is fish processing suplied by the multiple of fish farms nearby. Today we decided not toContinue reading “January 28, 2020”

CASTRO, ISLA CHILOE, CHILE This Morning when I woke up, we were anchored in the harbour in front of the city of Castro. There was a very nice scenery with all the colourfull houses including several build on piles along the water front. After taking the tender to the shore, we set off on footContinue reading “January 27, 2020”

PUERTO MONTT & PUERTO VARAS, CHILE Another stop high on my bucket list was the lake district in southern Chile. After embarking the boat, we boarded the bus for a day tour. First we headed out to Puerto Varas and on for a bus ride along Lake Llanquihue. This was a beautifull busride along theContinue reading “January 26, 2020”

SEADAY Today another seaday. after 1 month I decided to have a haircut. Cut, wash and dry for $25.00 I thought that was not to bad for cruise pricing. In the morning I entered the golf putting contest. With the boat rocking and rolling, I couldn’t do much good with that challenge. In the afternoonContinue reading “January 25, 2020”

SEADAY Today another seaday. after 1 month I decided to have a haircut. Cut, wash and dry for $25.00 I thought that was not to bad for cruise pricing. In the morning I entered the golf putting contest. With the boat rocking and rolling, I couldn’t do much good with that challenge. In the afternoonContinue reading “January 25, 2020”