Last November, before I joined the ship, I spent a week in Bariloche, Argentina. Bariloche is in Patagonia and one of Argentina’s busiest resorts. In the winter people go to ski and in the summer to see the spectacular scenery.
I went on a tour to see Cerro Tronador and the Glacier Ventisquero Negro. Cerro Tronador [...]

This is too funny. My friend Iani sent me this photo from La Quiaca:
Hey! We’re in La Quiaca. I wonder how far it is to Ushuaia…..
Now compare it to my photo taken in Ushuaia:
 
Hey! We’re in Ushuaia…I wonder how far it is to La Quiaca…
Where did those missing 50 kilometres go?

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We were back in the Falkland Islands a few days ago. The sun was shining for the first time in months. I caught the bus to Gypsy Cove. There weren’t many penguins but on the other side of the cove I saw some Rock Cormorants sitting on a rock by the edge of the sea. [...]

It was an amazing day today in Puerto Madryn. Warm, sunny, perfectly clear blue skies. Water that shimmered in the clear sunlight like an impressionist painting of the mediterranean.
We saw a dolphin swimming by the pier. It was leaping out of the sea and slapping the water with it’s tail.

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Three days ago we were in Ushuaia, Argentina. It started off a beautiful sunny day, the first for a long time. The wind was fierce but in the shelter of the town the sun was pleasantly warm.Carlos and I decided to catch a bus to Tierra del Fuego National Park. Carlos is from Cozumel, Mexico [...]

I took these photos in August 2004 in Casbindo, a small village in Jujuy Province in the north-west of Argentina. It was a very interesting experience and makes a fascinating story. Details below:
On the 15th of August every year in the remote Andean north-west of Argentina the tiny village of Casabindo holds it’s unique fiesta, [...]

Last October we visited Boston, Massachussets on the Norwegian Dawn. In the spring, summer and autumn it’s a very charming city. I liked autumn in New England, we had lots of sunny weather and clear blue skies. The red, orange and brown foliage colours made everywhere look very beautiful. Like a modern fairytale, with a [...]

I like learning. Here are some interesting things that I learnt on my tour today in Ushuaia:
· The highest ever recorded temperature in Ushuaia is 31 degrees centigrade.
· The wages in Ushuaia are twice as high as Buenos Aires.
· Houses and food are much more expensive in Ushuaia than Buenos Aires. This is because construction [...]