Got to ride in a propelor plane!
28. lokakuuta 2023, Caribbean Sea ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Bus trip round Barbados
30. lokakuuta 2023, Barbados ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Found some lovely beaches, fossil corals, a big rock, and had a refreshing beer at the end of the day
Happy Halloween + new qualified diver!
31. lokakuuta 2023, Barbados ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Done some diving
3. marraskuuta 2023, Barbados ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Sam got his advanced diving!
5. marraskuuta 2023, Barbados ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Got my Rescue Diver qualification!
7. marraskuuta 2023, Barbados ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Last day of diving, putting me through all the scenarios where I might have to rescue someone. Extremely chaotic dive! Celebrated with cocktails afterwards.
Goodbye Barbados, onwards to Chile!
9. marraskuuta 2023, Panama ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Flew over the Panama canal (and some gorgeous islands)
Santiago de Chile / Apoquindo Waterfall
10.–13. marrask. 2023, Chile
Saw a bit of the city (in the rain), and had a lovely long hike to a waterfall (in the sun)
Las Peñas
15.–18. marrask. 2023, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Pucón
19.–26. marrask. 2023, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Villarrica volcano - the most active volcano in Chile, has erupted 59 times in the last 500 years. Last eruption was 2015.
Waterfall is Salto de Claro - 90m tall!
Parque Nacional Huerquehue
22.–23. marrask. 2023, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Spent last night in Huerquehue national park, camping right by a beautiful lake. Did an extremely muddy hike yesterday up to some other lakes and a less muddy today to see a waterfall!
Reserva El Cañi
26. marraskuuta 2023, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Went on a long walk up a mountain to see a view of all the volcanoes. Two puppies adopted us on the way and stayed with us for most of the 18km / 1200m gain hike (they were so sleepy by the end theyLue lisää
MatkaajaThey're great photos - the colour is really vivid - looks like the air is really clean and the visibility wonderful. Chile looks really beautiful. I'm sure Sam wanted to take the dogs back with him!
Valdivia
27.–29. marrask. 2023, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Supposedly the best city in Chile to live - we think we agree. The sea lions make it.
Patagonia road trip part 1/3
29. marrask.–6. jouluk. 2023, Chile ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
I drove 2163 km around northern Patagonia and Chiloé island (next time we'll also insure Sam, that was a lot of driving).
Had some crazy roads/gravel, snow, dust, and luckily some sunshine. We wereLue lisää
Patagonia road trip part 2/3
7.–9. jouluk. 2023, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Exploradores glacier.
Catedral de mármol / marble caves.
Our maximum distance reached on the same road (actually 850 km but there wasn't a sign at that point).
Patagonia road trip part 3/3
8.–12. jouluk. 2023, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Parque Nacional Cerro Castillo - snuck into a closed hike (we can see why it was closed, but got some fantastic views).
Got a ferry over to Chiloé, Sam got to touch the Pacific Ocean for the firstLue lisää
Glacier Perito Moreno
19. joulukuuta 2023, Argentiina ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
One of few glaciers in the world that isn't shrinking. 4.4km wide at the front part, up to 70m above the water and 200m below.
Torres del Paine
21.–27. jouluk. 2023, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
One week hiking (most of) the O trek in Torres del Paine over christmas. We attached a map showing our route - around 115km - and where we camped each night. Santi did a very good job climbing all theLue lisää
Antarctica day 1
7. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ 🌫 -1 °C
After two days on the Drake Passage arrived in Antarctica.
Morning: Went mountaineering on Cuverville Island.
Afternoon: went on a zodiac (rubber motor boat) tour at Brown station / ParadiseLue lisää
Antarctica day 2
8. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ ☁️ -1 °C
Morning: woken up from camping to whales in the bay beneath us.
Had a couple hours rest on the boat heading to Orne Harbour - had a few minutes walking up to a chinstrap colony before the wind blew inLue lisää
Antarctica day 3
9. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
Morning: woke up to orcas passing the boat. Drove through Lemaire Channel, a super narrow, beautiful passageway.
Petermann Island - went on land to see Gentoo rookeries, some elephant seals, and someLue lisää
Antarctica day 4
10. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ ❄️ -1 °C
Izzy's birthday!
Morning: stopped at Port Lockroy, i.e. the penguin post office and got an Antarctic stamp. Went kayaking in the bay around Port Lockroy.
Afternoon: weather turned bad so we were onLue lisää
Antarctica day 5
11. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
Morning: Kopaitic Island zodiac cruise and landing. Got super up close with a bunch of humpbacks. On the landing was a chinstrap rookery.
Afternoon: Kiness cove zodiac cruise, watching an utterlyLue lisää
Antarctica day 6
12. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Morning: Brown Bluff landing, another big adelie colony and some cool rock structures. Saw a massive glacier calving (noone got a video sadly).
Afternoon: Hope Bay / Esperanza zodiac cruise. EsperanzaLue lisää
Antarctica day 7 (last day)
13. tammikuuta 2024, Antarktis ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
Morning: started bright and earlier at Whalers Bay / Port Foster, Deception Island with our polar plunge. We were 3rd and 4th into the water (along with our friend Bernie). Also saw the remains of anLue lisää
