Ramble Along

In anticipation of wanting pictures from this trip, I took three cameras. The first was on my Samsung S22 phone, the second was a Canon…

Monday, February 19 was our final cruise day and last day at sea as we continued to sail north to the port of San Antonio.…

Our last land day started early as we arrived in Puerto Montt about 7:30 a.m. We had an eight-hour excursion planned so had an early…

Today’s stop is in the colorful town of Castro, on Chiloe’ Island, where we arrived in port at about 10:00 a.m. It is known for…

I totally missed telling you about the Peale’s Dolphins that approached our ship yesterday while we were parked in the bay at Punta Arenas! We…

Tuesday morning we arrived at the city of Punta Arenas, Chile. Chile is divided into 16 regions with further divisions into 56 provinces. Punta Arenas…

After reluctantly leaving Palmer Station on Friday evening, we sailed west, then north/northwest through the Bellinghausen Sea. I found this picture from the Palmer Station…

This final morning in Antarctica began with sunrise just after 4:00 a.m., and a few hours later, slow movement forward as we left Culverville Island…

After leaving Charlotte Bay we slowly sailed through the Gerlache Strait to Culverville Island (red circle/ white #5). The island houses around 7000 pairs of…

Slow, nighttime cruising southwest along the topside of the Antarctic Peninsula brought us 125 nautical miles from Hope Bay to our morning’s destination of Charlotte…

“Awesome” – inspiring great admiration, reverence, or fearful wonder “Antarctica” – “awesome“ Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below,…

We crossed the Drake Passage Monday night and Tuesday in good shape, albeit a little more slowly than anticipated due to the roughness of the…

After successfully leaving port in the Falklands Sunday night, we headed south toward the South Shetland Islands and the northernmost part of Antarctica, Elephant Island.  If…

We made it!  Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. You may be aware, but these islands off the east side of the southern coast of South America…

As we left Puerto Madryn, Argentina Friday night, we knew there was no guarantee that we would get into the port at our next stop…

Today we arrived at Puerto Madryn, a town on the southern east coast, in the area known as Patagonia.   Our destination was approximately 75 miles…

Today’s stop was in the capitol city of Uraguay. After sailing south through the night on calm seas, we arrived around 9:00 a.m. local time.…

Tuesday morning started early as we had an excursion to catch!  You can book tours (excursions) through the cruise line, with large-scale tour operators like…

It’s boarding day! It is hard to believe it’s finally here. I don’t usually write while cruising, as I’m too cheap to buy the internet…

Welcome to the long-awaited and much anticipated trip to yet more places I never thought I would go. When my friend, Genny, began talking about…