The current 2023 trip, has been a long time in the planning. Myself and 3 mates are heading for Antarctica and South America.
Posts in reverse order below.
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Nice mid morning pick up at 9.45. A 20 minute or so trip to airport with Rumbo Sur (the tour company that has been looking after transfers and tours for us) We had tried our own check in to our two flights yesterday at breaky. Steve is on one booking and we three on another
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A slow and easy start. We had decided to walk into the Laguna Nimez along the lake but time spent over breaky changed plans. We caught the free taxi in a little after 10am. Paid to enter the Laguna Nimez, basically a reserve for birdlife and flora where we hoped to get a good look
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The views from our rooms are pretty damn good. Sun is getting up late around 7.30-8.00 and we get some good light. There has been a full moon too which looks speccy hiding behind and peeking out from the clouds. Clouds here are also amazing to watch, lots at different levels and changing and moving
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Bed was good. Our room has huge windows with view over the lake. Very hot in daytime but ok at night. Slept solidly and a little after 7.30 we noticed some colour in the sky. I got up and dressed to take a few shots. The moon was still up looking pretty good behind clouds
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Rain pattering in the window raised me from my slumber in the wee hours. The room is super warm so we opened windows as wide as we could for some cool air. The wall heater would not turn off. (Handy to dry the socks and jocks but phew!!!) Still raining at get up time –
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Disembarkation day. A great night last night. Up early to see the last vestiges of the Beagle Channel, pulling into Ushuaia as we awoke at 5:59. Finalised the last of packing and watched us do a 360 turn to pull in to the wharf at Ushuaia. We met for last breakfast at 6.30 and were
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Last day today before disembarking tomorrow. 😦 Normal procedure this morning with the addition of the dreaded task of packing. Breakfast – last leisurely one. A talk by Jonathan this morning about his involvement in the 1988 bicentennial expedition to climb Mt Minto one of the unclimbed mountains of Antarctica. This was followed by a
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Well what a day. Up and at em a little later as our proposed landing today was forecast to be windy early but easing. As the day started it became evident that we were in for a pearler. The ship had eased along around the West Falklands to an island at its west called West
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Overnight cruising around the Falklands from Stanley over the top of the Falklands to West Falklands. The morning wake up call at 6.30 has us on plan to arrive at the privately owned Carcass Island. The E Team had to go ashore to talk to the owners about what the options are given pretty ordinary
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Awoke feeling very ordinary at 2.30, noticed a glow on the horizon, wondered about Aurora but no colour. Steve woke a little later and had a look also. No idea what it was. Then it was back to sleep after a while. And awoken by Howard’s announcement at 6.30 that we were nearing the Falklands
Travel adventures with Nicola & co. 