Chile
Miami Vice
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No pink sports jackets with rolled up sleeves. Nor is there a carrot topped, sunglass sporting detective with a propensity for tilting his head when he speaks. I"m just passing through Miami en route to Buenos Aires. My vice is ice - Big Ice.
By the time I arrive in Ushuaia in the late evening of Friday 13th, I'll have been on the road for 36 hours. Does it always have to be that way? No...I could have done it in under 30 hours.
Packing and repacking and repacking...
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Pack half what you think you need.Men aren't going to understand this...except perhaps documentarians that travel with ditty bags large enough to be used as body bags. I've been packing for 3 weeks.
My Tourist Dollar and the GDP.
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Stanley, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)The last port of call for me will be Stanley, the capital of the Falklan
Let's begin at the end.
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[caption id="attachment_526" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Colchagua Wine Country, Chile"][/caption]I'm already finding it hard to sleep as I mark off the days until my Antarctic trip begins. So this morning I was online early researching the wine country of Chile.
Emperors and Kings - The Royal Tour
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One month from today, I'm going to be completely distracted, as it will be the day before I leave for Ushuaia, Argentina, to join the Emperors and Kings expedition to the Weddell Sea, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
I'll be sailing with three special guests
Back in Ushuaia
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3 February 2009
We arrived back into Ushuaia slightly ahead of schedule. Everyone was ecstatic about spending a little less time than expected in the clutches of the open ocean.
It is always a little unusual seeing trees again after spending time amongst the peaks and glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula. The trees at the mouth of the Beagle Channel have a distinct lean. Strong winds scour the landscape. It is a fairly desolate picture, but beautiful in its own right.
On the way down the channel, Chile is on the port or western side of the channel and Argentina is on the starboard or ea