Day 7. Danco Island and Neko Harbour It’s happening again. I didn’t think it could get any better but then it does! This morning my leopard group is the first landing on Danco Island. The sun is out and the sky is blue, in sharp contrast to the ice and snow. It’s the first time…
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Antarctica Expedition. Part 3
Day 6. Lemaire Channel, Petermann Island and Pleneau Bay This morning our ship will go through the Lemaire Channel and we are “encouraged” to watch it from the deck. At 6am I am still very tired and the sky is covered so I just stay in bed a bit longer. Was too much wine and birthday…
Antarctica Expedition. Part 2
Day 4. Sunrise, Brown Bluff and Whales. What a start into the day! At 6am Marna gets up and although I intended to sleep longer, a glimpse out of the window makes me jump up, get dressed in one minute and run out to see this beautiful rosy light just before the sun comes out….
Antarctica Expedition – Part 1.
Ice bergs, penguind, wild landscape, rough sea, glaciers, whales… my expectations for Antarctica were high, especially as cruises are really expensive. Until about 2 weeks before my flight to Ushuaia I didn’t have any plans to go to Antarctica. Too expensive, I had put the idea aside a while ago. When I started preparing more…
Cerro del Medio. A half day hike from Ushuaia.
Before boarding the ship to Antarctica, I just had to go for a hike before being mainly confined to the sip the next 10 days. In my hiking guide to Patagonia I found one hike that starts right in Ushuaia and is feasible in half a day as I have to board the ship at…
Ushuaia. Beautiful Fin del Mundo.
Buenos Aires doesn’t want me to leave (although I really do want!). My flight was scheduled pretty early but we have to get back out, wait and finally board another plane. The service on Aerolinas Argentinas is horrendous, they don’t check on fastened seatbelts, don’t close the lockers and food is very limited. At least…
Three days in Buenos Aires.
After some 11h flight from Auckland to Buenos Aires (with wonderful Air New Zealand where I managed to watch 4 movies but not to sleep), I am proceeding real fast through immigration, luggage pick up and even after pushing the taxes button it shows green so I can just walk through. I want to change…
Hello Mountains 