South Georgia Island Day 1 – 1/19/2-25
We woke up looking out at Icebergs out the window. We were headed for a harbor where we hoped to at least get into the Zodiacs to cruise by the Macaroni Penguins, but the wind was 40 knots gusting to…
Smallworld Photos
Collect Memories, Not things
Smallworld Photos
Collect Memories, Not things
Shawn
Sea Day – 1/17/2025 and 1/18/2025
Today was a sea day so we thought we would take some time and give a little more color concerning the staff and some of our fellow travelers, as well as the required decontamination that we did have to perform…
Stanley, Falklands – 1/16/2025
Today we visited the capital of the Falklands – Stanley. It’s really the only town of any size here. We headed out for a dry landing, which is nice because it means we don’t need to wear the knee high…
Carcass and West Point, Falklands – 1/15/2025
Today we have 2 stops in the Falklands. The first is called Carcass where we opted to take a 2.5 mile hike which passes some Penguin colonies, and has lots of nesting birds. The Zodiac ride to shore was quite…
Saunders Island, Falklands – 1/14-2025 Morning
We had a 6:30 AM wake-up call this morning for breakfast, and then headed to our first stop at Saunders Island. At this cove there are 4 different types of Penguin colonies Gentoo,Magellanic, Rock Hopper and King Penguins. Penguin Colonies…
Saunders, Faulkland Islands Afternoon – 1/14/2025
After a light snack on the ship we did another landing on Saunders to have a BBQ lunch and see a sheep farm. Before we left the ship we noticed someCommerson’s dolphins pl;aying in the wake of the Zodiacs and…
Sea Day – 1/13/2025
Today is a full sea day and the seas are quite rough so most people are taking some sort of motion sickness medicine which makes everyone tired so it’s nice that there’s some time to rest. We had breakfast in…
Buenos Aires to Ushuaia to embark the ship – 1/12/2025
We left on busses to the airport to await our charter flight. Not much of note it was a 3 hour flight which landed in a tiny airport with 2 gates. We collected our luggage and headed to a large…
Buenos Aires – 1/11/2025
We had breakfast on the 31st floor of the hotel which had beautiful views of the city. View from the restaurant at the top of the hotel View from the restaurant at the top of the hotel View from the…
Rio to Buenos Aires – 1/10/25
We had a quite early start to the day getting up at 3:15 to get ready for our 5 Am departure to the airport. When we looked out on the water around 4 AM we could see masses of Stand…
Rio tour day 3 – 1/9/2025
We got up early to meet our tour guide to do the Rio tour. We ha contracted with a private company that Conrad found called Be Free Tours, Marcelo the owner had been very professional and communicative leading up to…
Rio Day 2 – 1/8/2025
We started the day in the Gold lounge for breakfast and it was lovely. They had many different fresh fruits, interesting pastries and cooked eggs of several varieties. We were offered the “gold upgrade” for a nominal fee a week…