Perfect day for a tour, somewhat cloudy so not as hot as yesterday, and no rain. Temperature this morning was a nice 72F at 9:00am….
Well, what we thought would be a small community turns out to be the second most populated city in Argentina, second only to Buenos Aires….
Our last day in the resort town of Bariloche. Rained yesterday so we stayed in and did the usual, laundry, emails, travel stuff. Today we’re…
Not a lot on the ole agenda for today. Have a bit of breakfast then a short drive to Nahuel Huapi National Park. The park…
Nice morning here in Bariloche. Weather is good for our drive to Villa La Angostura with partly cloudy skies, warm temps in the low 60’s,…
I know, in my last post I said we were going to El Chalten, and we did. The only problem was the weather, clear in…
Up early so we can get to Glaciers National Park before the tour buses. The drive is about 1.5hrs from this apartment so not a…
May seem a little out-of-order but now we’re heading back down to the Andes and a small town called, “El Calafate”. (Pronounced, L Call a…
Part of the Antarctica Expedition included a charter flight from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires, so that’s our next stop. We were to visit Buenos Aires…
Thought I’d put one more post out as we start our way across the Drake Passage. This will be a 2.5 day journey across some…
Today will be our last walk on Antarctica. First we’ll cruise to Portal Point and check out a ship wreck and some icebergs, then we’ll…
Today is the day. Off to hike on the continent of Antarctica! I agreement with International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO), we can only…
Awoke this morning to an announcement that we had entered the Lemaire Channel. At first I was a little upset that the captain would wake…
Our first Zodiac operations. This will be a cruise and not a landing because this area is protected and landings are prohibited. There is some…
Finally time for us to board our ship for Antarctica. We’re on Atlas Ocean Voyages – World Voyager. The ship is 3 years old and…
If you thought the 3.5hr bus ride was a killer, how about 8hrs! We had to bus it back to Punta Arenas to catch the…
Today we‘re off on a guided day tour of Patagonia, Torres del Paine National Park. (Pronounced, “Tore ayes dell Pa een aye) Weather is perfect…
Gonna try out the Chilean bus system today with a 3.5hr ride from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales. There are basically 2 ways to get…
Back to the airport for a short hop to Puerto Montt. We originally were going to catch a ferry here and cruise down to Puerto…