Farewell the Subs and Le Soleal

The sea has been very rough with up to five meter waves and 37 knot winds which has made it a little more challenging to move around. I actually felt seasick for the first time, not too much though thanks to dynamic stabilisers (I know that thanks to the captain).

We farewell passengers we have befriended is hard but we must do it now because we are all leaving at different times.

Leaving the ship is hard, we are all flat. Cannot help but reflect on what an amazing trip we have had, how fortunate we have been to see what we have seen in perfect weather and how privileged we were to have such an incredible, knowledgeable group of naturalists to accompany us.

In our final briefing we say farewell and thanks to the fantastic naturalist team. As we disembark the naturalists are there to say farewell and to my surprise a number had tears in their eyes as I did. Not for us so much but for what we have shared. The expedition leader told e the team had spoken last night and discussed how hard it was going to be for them to turn around and take the next group to the Subs beginning that evening. He said he cannot imagine ever repeating what we did. Wow that was a sobering thought.

We hire a car back on dry land albeit still moving and on to Wanaka.Read more