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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 … [Read More »]

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Day 36 – Cruceros Australis and Cabo de Hornos

Saturday 23rd February, 2008 2 Comments

A very early start this morning – we had to be up and in the sky lounge by 7am ready with our life jackets and gear for our excursion to Cape Horn. This was the highlight of the trip and we were all eagerly waiting for the chance to visit the “end of the world”. … [Read More »]

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Day 35 – Cruceros Australis

Friday 22nd February, 2008 1 Comment

Woke a bit later this morning – just before breakfast at 8am, and were delighted to see a dolphin swimming alongside the boat just outside our cabin window – the water was so clear, we could even see him when underwater! The rain had stopped and it looked like we might be able to spend some … [Read More »]

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Day 34 – Cruceros Australis

Thursday 21st February, 2008 1 Comment

Day 2 of our cruise – up early for an 8am breakfast – full hot buffet complete with scrambled eggs and bacon – pity the bacon was very salty … we’ve noticed that a lot of the food here has a lot of salt. The weather had turned wet and miserable so we couldn’t really see … [Read More »]

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Day 33 – Punta Arenas and Cruceros Australis

Wednesday 20th February, 2008 2 Comments

We got up, had breakfast and packed our bags in no great hurry this morning. We had to check out by 10am but our boat didn’t board until late in the afternoon, so we sat around in the hostel dining room working on photos from the Navimag trip and uploading them to the blog. We … [Read More »]

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