Have You Heard From Laura?

I had a terribly long bus ride from argentina – 6+ hours on gravel roads with 2 x 1 hour emmigration stops. Bad news: whew, chile is muy caro (very expensive). Good news: I’m staying in the hip hostal in town – Concepto Indigo. it’s right on the water. my room has a fantastic view. […]

Have you ever traveled half way around the world and one day happened to get a message from some dear friends from way back home telling you that they happen to be in the same little tiny town as you but they NEGLECT to leave the name of their hotel? This sucks. When this kind […]

Chalten town I took the morning bus to from Calafate. Lucky for me, the bus dropped me directly at my hostel in Chalten. As I sat there eating my tuna sandwich and contemplating the rest of my day, Todd walked up and asked if I wanted to take a short hike that afternoon. Traveling can […]

Cindy again. I finally downloaded a picture that Laura took prior to departure and put it where it belonged, in the initial entry to the blog. Which you can find here. It’s a great photo, because you can see our parents’ house in the background, lots of snow on the ground, Laura looking ever so […]

Hi all! This is Cindy, sitting in for Laura. Laura got in touch briefly — she’s returned from her Antarctic cruise, which she said was wonderful. She had only enough time to email me a few photos. Enjoy: Mr. Toast cruising Mr. Toast and Laura

A Gentoo Penguin Colony and the Ushuaia

The day was overcast as the Ushuaia sailed into a bay with many HUGE icebergs, several much bigger than our ship. The day was overcast and the feeling mysterious. The ice glowed in so amaizing shades of turquiose and blue. Across the bay gigantic blue glaciers met the water. Such a volume of snow and […]

Chinstrap Penguins Half Moon island is one of the South Shetland Islands which we visited today, Day 5. Upon landing we were all elated with the hundreds of completely adorable Chinstrap penguins we met. There really is nothing cuter than watching these little guys leap out of the cold sea and waddle up discouraging hills, […]

Day2: I woke at 3:30 am when I was nearly tossed out of my bed by rough waters. It must have been about this time that we entered the Drake passage – the body of water between America Sur and Antartida. The Drake is known for being some of the roughest water in the world. […]

Day 1: Boarded the Ushuaia in Ushuaia in the evening. Happy with my cabin mate, Neil (from England) who must be the most funny silly person on board. Our cabin is on E deck. E stands for tiny berths at the bottom of the boat, no windows. Still, this seems delux as I’ve been sharing […]