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Arrived in Ushuaia

Sunday 24th February, 2008 3 Comments

Just a quick note to let you know we arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina after our 4 night cruise – it was fantastic. We managed to land on Cape Horn (something they only get to do around 60% of the time due to bad weather). We were very lucky – as the last Zodiacs were returning, the wind picked up and hit 70 knots (around 130kph)

We took over 1300 photos, of which we kept just over 600 (I spent a lot of time deleting photos – mostly duplicates). We saw a lot of birds – most of them the ubiquitous Kelp Gull, although we had nearly constant companionship from the Black-browed Albatross and Imperial Cormorant, with the occasional Kelp Goose sighting. Saw a few Dolphins, and a couple of Elephant Seals – which was quite special.

Simon and Leanne at Cape Horn
Simon and Leanne at Cape Horn
Simon and Leanne at Cape Horn
Simon and Leanne at Cape Horn
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Comments

  1. Jill and Bill says

    Tuesday 26th February, 2008 at 05:54 PM

    Cape Horn is a tiny dot on the map. Glad you had a great trip. Did you need the Kwells?

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  2. Trevor says

    Monday 25th February, 2008 at 08:35 AM

    It looks very cold. We can’t wait to see all those photos. Keep them coming.

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