The last two day in antarctica were the worst and best of Antarctica. A full day of zodiac crusing and landing was cancelled due to a weather system with winds in excess of 100km/h. The mood was low that day,…
Black and White and Blue
I can’t describe the feeling as we sighted the South Shetland islands, the massive mountains of snow and ice towering from the ocean. I can’t describe the feelingwhen i set foot on Half Moon island with a small colony of…
Heading South
Finally after two days in Puerto Natales we are making the trip south, our next stop should be Antarctica! Its been great cruising the fjords, but we are all now wanting to get to the main course of this trip…
Lost in the Fjords
The fjords of Chile are mostly linked, making it possible to almost travel from Puerto Montt (A town north of Castro where we stopped 2 days ago), all the way to Cape Horn, without entering the open seas. Well that…
Whales on the portside
I’m a cruise novice, they don’t generally appeal to me, the idea of being stuck on a ship with “people” is anxiety inducing at best. Yet here I was grinning ear to ear as I headed out of the cruise…
The Art of the Streets
Valparaíso is a place i’d wanted to come back to since i was here in 2013. I didn’t have enough time or the good weather to truly appreciate the beauty of the city. My mistakes last time were that I…
Yo vuelvo a Santiago
It has been almost 3 years since I’ve travelled internationally. When I left in December 2019, I had no idea my christmas in Ethiopia, was going to be my last overseas trip for many years. Sure, in that time I…
Portsea on Port Phillip
Todays drive was more about getting to a location ready for the real adventure to begin more than a day of driving through scenic landscapes, by the time I’d reached the outskirts of Melbourne suburbia extending far south on the…
First I head south
Its a wet and miserable day, so perfect for being stuck in a car for a longish drive from Canberra to Lakes Entrance. Originally I planned to go to Eden first, but that made the second day a longer than…
Up late with the Cows
“Remember, gossip on Norfolk island is news” is one of the few gems I’ve heard on local Norfolk Radio while driving around the island. They also like to use “morla” which means tomorrow and “yorlye” which means you all. I…