Sailing the chocolate river.

After an excellent 24 hours in buenos Buenos Aires that concluded with a simply fantastic Tango show “Senor Tango” that opened with horses on stage, we departed at about 8 o’clock this morning to continue our trip south.

The estuary of the River Platte is huge and it will take us about 10 hours of sailing through chocolate brown waters before we reach the ocean. We are restricted to specific dredged navigational channels and must have a pilot on board until we reach the ocean.

For perspective while the estuary of the river Platte is huge, it is about 1/5 the size and has about 1/7 the amount of sediment that the Amazon river has. So mill chocolate vs dark chocolate waters👍

Forecast high tomorrow is low 20s so not too much longer before we hit the teens & single digits and break out the long sleeves and the puffy jacket. The 5 day forecast for the Falkland Islands and the Drake Passage looks pretty good at this time. The blue triangles are passenger ships

Nice easy day, attended a couple of presentations from our on board team of naturalists . . . They are all very good public speakers who mix entertainment and science, presenting topics that will improve our Antarctic experience.

In related news, my new BFF at the Deck 12 Waves Grill rocked it again today at lunch. The garlic lemon grilled chicken was as good as the chilli lime grilled chicken two days ago.Read more