Wow – another great day! This was our first landing on the Falkland Islands. Where on earth are the Falklands you ask? About 300 miles east of Argentina, waaaay out in the Atlantic Ocean. There are two parts to the blog – the first is about the Falklands, as well as the war that took...
Continue readingUp and at ‘em early-ish today for our landing at Brown Bluff this morning! While eating a quick breakfast, the announcement was made that due to wind and swell our landing at Brown Bluff was cancelled. Disappointing, but Hurtigruten is very conscientious about safety and if they decide we shouldn’t land then we really shouldn’t.&n...
Continue readingNormally our blog is a joint effort, but today is all Tim’s adventure. Jay wasn’t feeling well and spent the day relaxing while Tim ventured onshore. As promised on the previous post (Day 7), we headed for Deception Island. It was called this because the island kind of looks like a donut with a hidden...
Continue readingO.M.G. is the first thing heard out of Jay’s mouth this morning, waaaay before 6 am. She thought the boat was stopping so she peeked outside to confirm…..and there were icebergs everywhere as far as the eye could see!! Knowing we have a day of strenuous activities, all in the freezing cold, we headed to...
Continue readingWe normally have nothing to report on our return travel day/days, which is a good thing. But we wanted to share a last small couple of things that usually wouldn’t be worth mentioning in the blog, but since you weren’t able to go with us on the original booking in 2020 (small little world-wide pandemic),...
Continue readingOur last full day on the Fridtjof Nansen and our last full day in Argentina! No fun activities in the morning. Our bags have to be out by 21:00 tonight and we have an activity planned until 20:00 so the main objective today was to be mostly packed by lunch time. The afternoon/early evening activity...
Continue readingToday’s stop was a unique experience. We stopped at Puerto Eden, a village that at one time had a population of roughly 300, that is now down to just 70 inhabitants who are mostly native to the area. There are no cars, no sidewalks, no roads…. Just wooden boardwalks/footpaths that leads from the dock through...
Continue readingWe are winding down our time left in Uzbekistan. It is now Day 11 – our first full day in Samarkand. For those that read yesterday’s blog (Day 10), you might remember one of the last pictures that was of a beautifully arranged fruit tray, and how we said we’d come back to this tray…...
Continue readingAnother day in Bukhara, Day 9. We again walked to the bus, on which we headed for the Bolo-Khauz Mosque, near the ARK Fortress. While the mosque was not yet open (i.e., we couldn’t go in), it was still quite beautiful. While here, Jay did a quick shout-out to her company, Propio Language Services (LS)...
Continue readingOkay, today’s blog will be fairly short, picture sparse, and yea… boring. Today was the day we embarked on the long bus ride to Bukhara, roughly an all day drive. There were a few high points, such as when we pulled over at a high point where we could see nearby Turkmenistan, but all-in-all, a...
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