by Chris | Dec 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sailing south of Puerto Madryn, we were supposed to turn into the Strait of Magellan for a day of scenic cruising and then dock in Punto Arenas, in Chile. But high waves and gale-force winds compelled the captain to deliver the bad news that the ship...
by Chris | Dec 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Two days later our ship docked early on a cold and windy morning in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, about 825 miles (1,330 kilometers) southeast of Buenos Aires. From there we took a two-and-a-half-hour bus ride across the empty Patagonian plains to one of our most...
by Chris | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the many illusions — perhaps the biggest illusion — that a cruise offers is the constantly available food. We’d wake up in the morning, walk up a short flight of stairs, and there the food was waiting for us, ready to be put on our plates by...
by Chris | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
A night of sailing down the Rio de la Plata brought us to our first port of call, the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. The morning was as bright and as placid as the sun that adorns the Uruguayan national flag. Until that morning, Montevideo meant not much more to...
by Chris | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Our time in Buenos Aires was unluckily short: we got there on a Sunday, and left on the ship on Tuesday. But we did have the good luck to get there in time for Sunday’s bustling, carnival-like San Telmo flea market, where amid browsing through the many booths...
