Perth Airport

At airport waiting for depature
Arrived

We arrived in Buenos Aires at 11:45pm local time. Perth is eleven hours ahead. We left home at 6 pm on Saturday 2nd March. Darren took us to the airport and unloaded our luggage. He kept Darryl'sRead more
Gaucho Pampas tour

Took a wonderful tour to a station/ranch. Delightful lunch. Went horse riding, saw the horse riders take small rings with small sticks on fast-moving horses.
Darryl bit! Got mozzied. There is aRead more
Uruguay City Tour

Took a small Renault people mover for a 3 hour drive around the city.
Montevideo is smaller than Buenos Aires, more laid back but still with the parks and shady streets that give away it's SpanishRead more
Two days cruising to Falklands

Another foggy morning. Scored a window seat on deck ten forward.
DarrylBit : Spotted a whale quite close to the ship while we were in the lounge. Just a quick glimpse but a whale it was. Don't knowRead more
Small Look at the Falkland Islands

Lovely sunny day in the Falkland Islands. 14 degree Max with a wind chill factor that made the penguins happy.
We were not able to get on to one of the wildlife tours so we did a tour that visitedRead more
En Route to Punta Arenas

Heading from the Falkland Islands back to the mainland and the Strait of Magellan. Lumpy trip across the 700km. Decks were closed this morning due to 70kmh+ winds. Swells were only 3m so not too bad.Read more
Found the Penguins!

In Punta Arenas in Chile, and it is too! 12 degrees Max. Sunny morning but overcast now. Town reminds me a bit of Geraldton. Quiet, some shops a restaurants, not a lot here. Lots of brands of ChineseRead more
The End of the World

Arrived in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world and the southernmost point of our trip. A compact little place on the shore of the Beagle Channel surrounded by serious,rugged mountains. ThereRead more
Cruising the Strait of Magellan

Sort of a day at sea but mostly back tracking up the Beagle Channel to the Strait of Magellan where we chuck a leftie and head out to the Pacific Ocean.
The mountains and fjords off the strait areRead more
Brüggen Glacier - Auditions for Frozen.

Still wiggling our way through the Chilean fjords. The scenery is unrelenting. Hour after hour of snow capped peaks, waterfalls, forest etc.
Highlight of the morning was a visit to the BruggenRead more
Northern Chile Fjords

Spent the night on a lumpy Pacific Ocean. What fool called it that! Mid afternoon we nipped into the Darwin Channel to cut through to the big Bay, lagoon, whatever to the south of Puerto Montt.
TheRead more
Puerto Montt- we split up

Today we spilt up with Angela off to see volcanoes and rapids etc and me off to do a bucket list item of fly fishing in Chile.
Have not seen the main bit of the town as we were both off on our toursRead more
Just Cruising - day at sea

Day at sea cruising from Puerto Montt to San Antonio in Chile. No fjords 😞
Pacific is living up to its name today. Also saw a big bright thing in the sky. Evidently it's called 'The Sun'. GettingRead more
San Antonio n Valparaiso

A lot of graffiti. Went to Valparaiso on a coach trip. Rode the Funicular to get a wonderful lunch.
Darrylbit : about 90km from San Antonio to Valparaíso. Into a dryer part of Chile now with a lotRead more
Coquimbo

Just chilling on board ship today.
Darrylbit : did not manage to book an excursion for here, so looking at staying on the ship all day. Does not seem to be anything to see. Maybe the big giant crossRead more
Another day at sea.

Yes, another day on the briny deep. Ensconced in the deck 10 lounge shuffling around photos, doing crosswords and reading. Supposed to be whale season but we seem to be in a whale free zone.
TriedRead more
Pisco, Peru - had the spa treatment

Well technically not in Pisco. We are docked across the bay and got the bus around to Paracas where we took a boat trip to one of the Ballestas Islands to do some wildlife spotting.
The trip includedRead more
Lima, Peru

Short trip up the coast to Lima from Pisco. I thought that Lima was up in the mountains far from the coast but no, it's on the Pacific Ocean. Big place with 11 million people.
Did a combination tourRead more
Lima Day 2

Still parked in Lima while people do extended excursions to Machu Pichu, Cuzco and the Galapagos Islands. Yes we did look at doing one of those but the prices were, how shall we say, somewhat elevatedRead more
At Sea - Lima to Manta, Ecuador

Proceeding at a leisurely pace in a northward direction towards Manta in Ecuador. Only about 1,100km south of the equator now but still not as hot as would be expected. Mind you if you stand in theRead more
At Sea - Lima to Manta Day 2

OK yes I said we would be in Manta today. Wrong! It happens when you get old and don't check your itinerary.
Calm day, still cooler than I thought as we are closing rapidly on the equator.
NoRead more
Manta, Ecuador

In Manta, our only stop in Ecuador. Warm, about 35 degrees but with a nice breeze. We are about 100km south of the equator, so will be in the northern hemisphere by tomorrow morning.
Had a morningRead more
Day at Sea - Manta to Panama City

Crossed into the northern hemisphere last night. You could tell the exact moment by the sound of all the sinks swapping from the water going down clockwise instead of counter clockwiseRead more
Fuerte Amador : Panama City

Second last stop on the cruise. The city is very high rise, most of which has popped up since the USA handed back the canal zone in 2000.
Went and had a look at the Miraflores Locks at the Pacific endRead more
TravelerYou left your blue fishing shirt in my car
TravelerGood start to the trip. Had to find a fishing shop and get a new shirt. No you can't keep the other one :) They didn't have any 'normal' fishing shirts so I got a fishing hoodie instead. Had some nice travel rods as well but luggage is chockers.