АргентинаCataratas del Iguazú25°41’47” S 54°26’16” W
13 января, Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
My beautiful wife's birthday present to me this year was an excursion to visit a Unesco World Heritage site, the Iguazu Falls.
THE WHAT?!?
Most of us in North America know, or have visited, NiagaraЧитать далее
БразилияParanáFoz do Iguaçu25°41’30” S 54°26’7” W 15 января, Бразилия ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Puerto Iguazu, the town we're based in for our visit to the Falls, has very little to offer other than a lot of tourist shops, a slot machine casino, and parrilla restaurants. We struggled to findЧитать далее
Путешественник Un-real! Just amazing-looking. And I’d never even heard of them, previously. Wow, thanks for sharing this experience, Roch.
АргентинаCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresBelgranoBelgrano R34°33’60” S 58°27’43” W
24 января, Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Both of us have been dragging our butts for the last ten days or so because of one of those nasty summer colds.
Feeling a little more human today, we ventured to Belgrano, a new part of town for us,Читать далее
АргентинаCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresRetiroDarsena A34°35’10” S 58°21’50” W 3 февраля, Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
I've never been able to figure out why this app is called "Find Penguins," but, with good reason, I'm borrowing the name as the title to this post.
I guess it takes a special kind of stupid to travelЧитать далее
Путешественник Wow, sounds amazing. Let us know if you’re going far enough south to possibly see the world’s largest iceberg (recently formed), or is that on the other side of Antarctica?
Roch Pelletier I hadn't heard about that. I'll take photos if we come across it.
Путешественник Technically it broke off in 1986 but only recently (2023) started moving away from Antarctica. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl…
This is amazing you two. It's wonderful that you are really expanding your horizons to the furthest place from Vancouver BC Canada. We all look forward to your photos. 'Keep on Travelling'. I took that from Rick Steves, haha [Francie]
АргентинаTierra del Fuego ProvinceUshuaiaPunta Observatorio54°48’34” S 68°18’3” W
7 февраля, Аргентина ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
After four days at sea, we awoke this morning to our first glimpse of the rugged and craggy but very beautiful Marshall mountains of Patagonia. Now I understand the clothing line's logo
The shipЧитать далее
South Atlantic Ocean 56°2’17” S 67°8’44” W
8 февраля, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Before going to bed last night, we were informed that the ship would be arriving at Cape Horn at 6:00am.
Brenda and I are almost always conscious by that time of day, but just to be certain to seeЧитать далее
Путешественник When we went around “The Horn”, we kept looking..where is it? Where it is? It was so undramatic. It is literally just some rocks falling into the water. I guess I was expecting some “wow factor”. I actually felt let down. But, I did smile when we found the certificates , signed by the Captain, that we had “officially went around The Horn”. So funny. Enjoy Antarctica.
South Atlantic Ocean 63°9’37” S 61°40’27” W 9 февраля, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
We sailed below the 60th parallel last evening at around 8:00 PM, which pretty much brought us into Antarctic waters. The temperature has been steadily dropping and I've had to start layering the fewЧитать далее
South Atlantic Ocean 62°55’6” S 58°6’41” W
10 февраля, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
From Le Carnaval de Quebec to Winterlude in Ottawa to the Ice Magic Festival in Lake Louise, ice sculpture competitions have been a winter tradition in Canada for decades.
As good as we humans are atЧитать далее
Антарктида 61°7’44” S 55°7’8” W
10 февраля, Антарктида ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Over one hundred years ago, Ernest Shackleton set out on a trans-Antarctic expedition with a crew of twenty-seven aboard the Endurance. After six weeks at sea, on January 19, 1915, Endurance becameЧитать далее
South Atlantic Ocean 55°56’44” S 54°27’57” W
11 февраля, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
Our ship's captain announced this morning that weather conditions in the Falklands are rapidly deteriorating, with winds gusting to 50 knots and 7 meter high waves. Because there is no dock for cruiseЧитать далее
Путешественник Yikes. My stomach churned when I watched the videos. Bet you a Chinese dinner that Brenda would not be wearing her high heels and there would not be any dancing entertainments tonight. Once upon a time, an avid cruiser friend told me she knew they were in trouble when the crew started to line the corridors with little white bags. And if you are inspired to see more “larger than enormous” icebergs after this cruise, Newfoundland would be waiting for your visit. We saw icebergs off the shore of NL as big as 4 cruise ships put together. Enjoy the rest of the cruise.
Breath-taking!! and you've provided a lovely summary of facts. [bboop]