Welcome Aboard! Buenos Aires to Ushuaia

We had a 3:15 AM wakeup up as breakfast is at 4:00 AM. We are scheduled to depart hotel at 5:00 AM.

I got all of 4 hours and 45 minutes of sleep last night. My Oura ring has my readiness at 37. I am usually around 84. I am crossing my fingers that I will get some sleep tonight!

We boarded the charter flight to Ushuaia. We were actually seated next to each other but in window and middle seats. As the door closed, we spotted an entire row free. We quickly jumped up and grabbed the row. This will be the most pleasant flight since we got initially got to Santiago.

Upon arriving in Ushuaia we gathered our luggage at baggage claim and rechecked them in with the Viking shore team.

We headed out to our bus and had a tour of the city. The purpose of this diversion was just so the arrival of busses to the ship is staggered. Even though, when we got to the port, we had to wait in line behind another bus. This once again confirmed that independent travel suits us much better.

When we finally got to the ship, we checked in and were told that our stateroom was ready but that we needed to do a submarine mobility check first. We met the Expedition team did a quick test which we both passed and signed a waiver.

We were shown how to don our life jacket and were released to go to our stateroom.

We started unpacking but wanted to make the ship tour at 2 PM. Since this ship is so different, we wanted to have an official tour. This ship is spectacular!

After the ship tour, we attended the science expo where we learned about the science projects happening onboard.

We went back to our stateroom to continue the process of unpacking. We met our room steward, Rita. She is delightful.

We then attended the Introductory briefing which was followed by the mandatory submarine briefing for anyone wanting to go on the submarine excursion. These underwater vehicles are amazing and have a capability of going to depths of 1000 meters. I am hoping to post a picture of the submarines (there are 2 onboard) when we have the tour of the hanger.

We went to the World Cafe for dinner. They served an amazing surf and turf (Tenderloin and Lobster) dinner. Brenda is one happy person!

Then it was back to the stateroom to shower and try and catch up on sleep.

This is the highest category of stateroom we have every had. The Kerrs can't even fill all the drawers. We have 4-5 drawers completely empty.

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