Hello from the southern Pacific ocean! We entered the open ocean last night and we could feel it right away. Lots of swells and people swaying to and fro, but otherwise nice. A bit overcast with some sprinkles, but the cloud ceiling is still high, so we can see lots. The day before yesterday, we were in Punta Arenas, which seems to be mostly a … Continue reading Puntas Arenas
Greetings from Glacier Alley, Chile! We have been so very lucky to have beautiful sunny weather. It’s more usual to have rain. Today our adventure was in Ushuaia, Argentina. We left the ship around 8 am and headed off for a bus/catamaran tour. Bus part first, we went to Tierra del Fuego National Park, right on the border of Argentina and Chile. We saw several … Continue reading Ushuaia
Meant to mention that while in Montevideo, we also saw some remnants of the Graf Spee, a WWII German ship scuttled in Rio Plata; interesting bit of history there. Uruguay was neutral through most of the war…until the German ship arrived. So yesterday was the Falklands! So wonderful to hear UK accents (although there was a bit of a difference, perhaps … Continue reading The Falklands (Malvinas)
After leaving Buenos Aires Monday night, we sailed across the Rio Plata to Montevideo, Uruguay. Slow sailing and smooth. Got into Montevideo around 8 AM, docked, and disembarked. So nice that Laura used to live here; she was a wonderful travel guide! Got the rental car and went east to Punta Ballena, to Casa Puerto, home and studio of artist Carlos Paez Villaro. It’s … Continue reading Montevideo
Friday, January 20, 2012 please excuse all typos! keyboard is very different here… OK, so, because no trip is complete without a snafu…turns out either I misunderstood Laura or she misunderstood me, but I needed a visa to get from Argentina to Paraguay and didn”t have one (i can”t find the single quotation mark on this keyboard!)….so we”ve gotten the snafu out of the … Continue reading Getting There
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