It was our busiest day yet in Port Stanley with three cruise ships visiting on the same day, bringing 4000 or more visitors. A local company provides a shuttle service to Gypsy Cove, a nearby bay home to a colony of Magellanic Penguins. Along the way we passed by several shipwrecks including the rusty but [...]

Before I joined the ship last November I spent a weekend in Tandil, a small town five hours south of Buenos Aires by bus. We didn’t have a lot of time there, but we did have a day to walk around the town and see some of the sights. It was hot and the sun [...]

Last autumn I spent an afternoon wandering around Central Park in New York taking photos. I love Central Park for it’s enormity and beauty right in the beating heart of New York. It’s full of the energy of all the people that go there and there always seems to be something new to discover.
I was [...]

We were back in Puerto Chacabuco again. This little port fascinates me. It’s rained every time that we are here and it’s summer. I can’t help but wonder how it must be to live in this cold, damp and isolated place. It’s very beautiful but can the beauty make up for constant gloom and low [...]

A few days ago I went on an excursion to the Tierra del Fuego National Park. It’s just 12km from Ushuaia, a short trip by bus. Along the way we passed by the world’s most southerly golf course, which our guide said lies under a metre of snow in the winter. Even in the middle [...]

Corral, Chile was a one off stop for us on our 18 day South America cruise. It’s a small, underdeveloped port on Chile’s west coast a little north of Puerto Montt and close to the city of Valdivia.
The ship anchored in the bay and there was a short tender ride ashore. It was a cold, [...]