Category: World Trip 2012-2013
A massive 139-day trip covering fifteen countries; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, Chile, Antartica, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Gauteemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, between 27 September 2012 and 13 February 2013.
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Sunday 11 November 2012 Highlights: Antarctica Continent Landing, Gentoo Penguins, Weddell Seals, and Sleeping under the stars! Today was the big event, stepping onto the Antarctica Peninsula and then the Continent itself! My group was drawn for the first landing attempt. With my new Canadian jacket, water proof pants, thermals and a few other layers…
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Saturday 10 November 2012 Highlights : Antarctica Convergence, Captain’s Welcome, Camping demonstration The sea was smoother today making the challenge of showering a little easier. Despite the smoother conditions at breakfast I felt a little queasy and as a result until lunchtime I took it easy mostly lying down and taking some motion sickness tablets.…
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Friday 9 November 2012 Highlights: Rough Seas and Onboard lectures. A very rough night of sailing. A lot of items in my room ended up at the cabin door. At one point I started to fall out of the end of the bed. I later learned some passengers with beds facing A different direction to…
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Thursday 8 November 2012 Highlights: Setting sail for Antarctica Boarding of the MS Expedition commenced at 4 pm giving me most of the day to catch up on e-mails, upload photos and explore the city. Checkout was at 10 am giving 6 hours without a room to rest and charge devices.
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The South American leg of my trip covered 11 days visiting Argentina and Chile with the majority of my time in the Patagonia Region. When I first booked this legs activities I was really focusing on the next stage i.e. visiting Antarctica. This lead to quite a lot of pleasant and unexpected surprises. This leg…
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Wednesday 7 November 2012 Highlights: 13 hour bus ride (not really!) Our long ride back to Ushuaia so we could begin our Antarctica voyage tomorrow. There are no international airports in this part of Chile so the bus was our only real option. A few hours into the ride we changed buses and I fired…
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Tuesday 6 November 2012 Highlights: Grey’s Glacier, Farewell to half the group Waking up around 6.30 am to constant rain wasn’t a great start to the day. Both Ben and myself relocated to to dining room for breakfast. It was important today to complete our 4 hour hike by 12.00 in order to catch a…
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Monday 5 November 2012 Highlights: Hike up the French Valley, Avalanche spectacular, boat crossing No problems waking up early today, well except for Ben who went back to sleep and who would have missed breakfast if I hadn’t gone and woken him. It rained during the night but the tent didn’t leak. The sleeping bag…
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Sunday 4 November 2012 Highlights: Three Granite Towers, Camping Today was the start of three solid and lengthy hiking days. Alvaro was joined by a second guide Lynn, who is a trainee, for the next three. A two hour drive awaited to get to Torres del Paine National Park, along the way we stopped for…
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Saturday 3 November 2012 Highlights: Border Crossing, Car Rally Today I left Argentina behind for a 4 day trip inside Chile. On a mostly rainy day the tour group caught the bus to Puerto Natales, home our guide. The bus ride only took about 4.5 hours. The border crossing went well which was a surprise…
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