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I’ve been under the weather the past few days – everyone on the ship has been hacking away. I went to a pharmacy in Paracas and ran into a fellow traveler who was getting antibiotics. You can buy them over the counter in South America. I brought some which I started taking. It’s probably justContinue reading “The Ships Wildlife Tour”

We are now in Peru. Some passengers have left the ship to do a two-nighter to Machu Picchu. It was very expensive, over $3000. It’s on our bucket list so we will return to Peru to do this trip at another time. From our balcony, we see a lot of dirt or sand – mountainsContinue reading “General San Martin Port to Paracas”

Another early morning rise. I am not sure why this is so difficult except that we have been luxuriating in the slow-to-start mornings. But sometimes we have to suffer through this if we want to see a port. Our view this morning was much nicer than yesterday in San Antonio. We met our tour guideContinue reading “Coquimbo/Las Serenas Today”

We signed up for a tour going to Santiago with a guy named Steve, who I chatted with on Cruise Critic. I usually like CC tours because there are fewer people, so it’s more personal, and they are usually half the price. We woke early to meet our group at the terminal building. 12 peopleContinue reading “Our Trip to Santiago, Chili”

It’s our last tender port so we decided to sleep in and miss the crowds. We arrived in Puerto Montt, Chili at 8 am. The port was not very exciting to look at from our balcony because cloud covered the volcanoes in the distance. We were going to eat breakfast at the buffet but itContinue reading “A Day in Puerto Montt, Chile”

Today we woke early to watch as our ship sailed to the largest glacier in South America. It’s named Glacier Pio XI after a Pope. It is also known as Bruggen Glacier. The morning started out dark, cold and rainy. Bruce and I nestled in our cabin drinking tea and coffee as the skies beganContinue reading “Cruising The Chilean Fjords”

It’s a strange name, Ushuaia, which means deep bay.. It is located on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and as the world’s southernmost city, it’s often referred to as “The End of the World.” The city is over 135 years old and has a population of 82,615. We arrived in port at noon after spendingContinue reading “A Stop At The End Of The World”

I’m not much of a morning person but since we were lucky to be on the port side of the ship where we could see the glaciers, I figured it was worth getting up. And it certainly didn’t disappoint. Our coffee and tea arrived at 6:15 but it was still dark and hard to seeContinue reading “Beagle Channel at Dawn”

We never know what to do when we hit a port; take a ship excursion or just wing it. For the most part, I’ve been very disappointed with ship excursions. From the onset, you wait in large groups with your little sticker and in precision exit the ship. It’s not that I’m morally or emotionallyContinue reading “A Day in Punta Arenas Chile”

Today we visited the Falkland Islands landing in Stanley. There were 2 cruise ships in port. Ours, the Holland America Oosterdam, and the Sapphire Princess. With two ships converging on this southern city, and I mean Antarctica southern, our numbers were higher than the Falklands population. We slept in a little later hoping to avoidContinue reading “A Walk Among The Penguins”