Peter's Travel Blog

The scenery has been a little different today. We’re still sailing North, through the crinkly bits, but the waterways are a little wider and the hills quite a bit lower, and softer. Beyond, to the East, the towering, snowy peaks of the Andes are never far away, but as we approach our next port-of-call, the going has become much gentler....

Today, we continued on our journey north, through the winding waterways of the English Narrows Passage. It’s been a long day of standing and watching the world go by. And what a world… The mountains have been spectacular, the landscape has been varied and interesting, and to top it all, we’ve seen lots of wildlife; seals, dolphins, penguins and a...

The Captain’s announcement yesterday promised an interesting diversion to see another glacier, as recommended by our two Chilean pilots. He told us that he expected us to be there some time between 7am and 8am, which meant setting the alarm for 6:30am. Bleary-eyed and hoping that we hadn’t missed anything significant, we headed up on deck just before 7am, as...

This morning we were up early, as was most of the rest of the ship. From Ushuaia, we’d sailed overnight, in a relatively short, there-and-back-again arc, to arrive at the real ‘End of the World’… Cape Horn. Once again, we’ve been super-lucky with the weather. There was always a bit of a question-mark over whether or not the seas would...

This afternoon, we arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina; aka ‘The End of The World’. It’s even possible to have your passport stamped as such in the post office on the pier (we forgot to take our passports ashore with us, so Tracey bought a postcard and had it stamped instead). On our way in to Ushuaia, throughout the morning, we were...