A gray cat slinks past a wooden house.
There’s something a little intimidating attempting to describe.
Descent intoThrihnukagigur Volcano There are regular tours and vacations for regular people, and they are very.. um… nice. They really are. In fact we’re taking a cruise in December. They’re easy, and safe and can be very entertaining, not to mention relaxing. “Ahhh, I think I’ll read on the beach or maybe take a nap.” …
South Shetland Islands, Aitcho Island On the voyage south across the Drake toward the Antarctic peninsula, the sighting of the first iceberg was a momentous event, marking our arrival to a world that people only suspected or imagined a little over a hundred or so years ago. First Iceberg spotted! It was a time of …
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Drake Passage Sir Francis Drake was not only an explorer, but was also an extremely successful pirate. September 26th, 1580, Drake sailed into Plymouth England after completing a journey of 2 years and 10 months, with pirated treasures worth over 10 million dollars. It was for this plundering that Queen Elizabeth knighted the wayward explorer! …
Friday, January 27, 2012 Fin del Mundo Early in the morning on New Year’s Eve 2011, we happily left Buenos Aires, flying South on Aerolinas Argentinas to the “southernmost city in the world”. Ushuaia. Capitol of Tierra del Fuego, South America. As we boarded the B737, Winnie presented the lead flight attendant with her card, …
Monday, January 23, 2012 The Order of the Recoletos built a convent and church here on the edge of Buenos Aires in 1732. Apparently they didn’t make much headway with the heathens, and wandered off less than a hundred years later. After they left, the garden next to the convent was converted into the first …