The Cruise - Buenos Aires to Valparaiso

After a great few days exploring the cosmopolitan capital of Argentina we embarked on a new mode of travel for ourselves – a cruise ship. Not our usual mode of travel but it would get us around Argentina to Chile, visiting some isolated places along the way which we couldn’t have visited otherwise with the children (too many long journeys!). It was also an opportunity to unpack and sleep in the same bed for 12 nights, in a fair bit of comfort and an endless supply of food. Elana was excited about the kids club, an opportunity to do ‘normal’ things like crafting, access to books and playing with different toys and children, something which has been limited on our travels so far.

The children were overwhelmed by the scale of the ship (so were we!). We spent the first afternoon exploring the ship and getting our bearings and of course a dip in the pools. We had a great cabin with 2-bedrooms and a lounge area at the front of the ship (the bow!). We might regret the positioning at the front when the waves get up going around the southern tip of South America! We had windows to the front and a small balcony to the side, this will do us just fine for 12 days.Read more