Chilean Fjords: Day 1

Oh my! What an overnight we had last night … rock and roll (and pitch and yaw, too). So, we were all especially happy, like so many ships before us, to seek the calmer waters of the Chilean Fjords by entering Canal Fallos shortly after noon today. Sure, it was an overcast, drizzly, windy, and chilly day … but we appreciated having a calm sea state.

At the moment, we are at the bottom of Wellington Island … cruising from Canal Trinidad into Golfo Trinidad, with the Pacific Ocean beyond. It doesn’t matter that it’s dark outside. The ship’s movement is all we need to feel to know that we are in open waters again … partly so that the satellite signal for the Super Bowl can be received. Nuts to that maneuver, I say. But then, I am sure that I would be in the minority.

We had dinner in the GDR tonight … at a six top with Sonia & Boris, and Dilek (hails from Türkiye) & Frank, who are also on the 180-day adventure with us. It was nice to get to know them a bit better, though it was a bitter sweet evening as Dilek has family in the region of Türkiye that has been devastated by the recent earthquakes.Read more