Good bye showers, so long cold beer….we’ll see you again in four days….. What?!? They have hot showers in the camps and pubs in the Refugios? This trekking thing isn’t going...

After spending a week at a charming airbnb in Buenos Aires and a relaxing weekend in the romantic little town of Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay, we were rested and ready for...

Buenos Aires has no fewer than 48 official neighbourhoods or barrios. We visited a handful of these and picked a few to highlight some of the flavour of the city. San...

You can’t go to Argentina and not attend a soccer game, right?  We tried unsuccessfully to get tickets for a couple of different matches on the weekend but did managed to...

As strange as it sounds, one of Buenos Aires’ top attractions is a cemetery! It was established in 1822 and is located in the lovely Recoleta neighbourhood. It is the final...

Up until today, all of our landings have been on islands. Our first attempt earlier in the week to make an actual continental landing was aborted due to poor conditions. The...

We have seen so much spectacular scenery and wildlife. I am going to let a few of our favourite pictures tell the story for today….

Where do we start with the ice?  Wow!  On our zodiac cruise this morning, we witnessed both an iceberg flip and some calving.  As the icebergs move and melt, the centre...

Very early this morning we crossed the Antarctic Circle!  Most expeditions do not get this far south as the weather and ice conditions need to be ideal.  Lucky for us everything...

We boarded the ship and departed Ushuia, Argentina (known as the end of the world) for our two day transit to Antartica.  The route took us past Cape Horn and through...