Another day in the Falkland Islands! We sailed overnight from Stanley (eastern side of the eastern island) to Saunders, which is the fourth largest island and is closer to the east island. Saunders is known for the thousands of “bird pairs” they have such as albatross, caracaras, and five species of penguins. As happens with...
Continue readingSadly, nothing to share today. Another full day at a sea crossing the Drake Passage as we head to the Falklands. See you tomorrow when we hit the Falkands.
Continue readingAs we said in day 10’s blog, there might not be much to report but we never know when an adventure will pop up. And something did pop up today. We had the opportunity to visit the bridge, which is command central for the ship. The ship’s captain, who has 47 years of experience, was...
Continue readingOur last day in Antarctica!! Considering yesterday’s issue with ice and/or wind, landing on Penguin Island was no guarantee today. Hurtigruten had never landed at Penguin Island, so this was a first for everyone. There were a couple of postponements due to weather, but they finally decided we were good to Zodiac across the water,...
Continue readingQuick recap of Day 6 – we went camping at Damoy Point, Antarctica! We left off where we finished setting up camp. We had amazing views from that spot until the ice/sleet/rain kicked into high gear. High gear = 40+ mph winds with gusts up to who knows what. The tents we used are supposedly...
Continue readingSorry, again no real pictures… as a full day at sea (crossing the Drake Passage). So, remember that lottery thing we mentioned yesterday? We got results today, but we’ll save those details for a later date. We will say that we were selected for at least one of the excursions therefore had to attend debriefing/s...
Continue readingThis was our first at sea day, meaning we were sailing, made no stops, and haven’t seen land of any form for over 24 hours. Out of the Beagle Channel, and on into the Drake Passage. Since we were ship-bound there isn’t a lot to share. Well, maybe sharing that we closed down the bar...
Continue readingLeaving off mere hours from Day 2…. Up at 2:40, breakfast at 3 am, and in the bud by 4 am. Although we were tired, this was relatively easy considering there were no bags to pack! It was, as our British friends say, “chucking buckets” in BA with quite a wind (in other words…raining hard...
Continue readingDay 2 (still a flight day…thanks to the delay!) Sleeping overnight in the Miami airport is not the ideal start to our adventure. We were so glad to get on the 7:30 flight…. and then they announced a delay. A DELAY?! Thankfully it was only 15 mins. We loaded and finally set off for...
Continue readingTravel day! Normally not much to report, but once again we have a story to tell… The flight to Dallas Fort Worth international went smoothly. Got to have lunch in DFW, but no, not here: Ater lunch we hopped onto our flight to Miami. Got there in plenty of time only to discover that our...
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