By Jen :- We have been travelling south all night and our destination is Detaille Island, where we are due to arrive at around 1400. Detaille Island is a small island at the end of the Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. From 1956 to 1959 is was home to “Base…
The weather yesterday was dark and brooding. Snowy mountains in the distance, in lines behind each other, like ghosts and barley discernible. Overnight we are headed for a new location and this morning, on pulling back the curtains, a whole new world and the very opposite of yesterday. Blue sky…
Awake at 4.15am to pee, and get a drink of water. They put salt in all the meals. There was no sleep after that. Daylight outside, but visibility about 100m. Bits of ice drifting by, but no sizeable icebergs, till around 7am. We must be getting close to the coast.…
The night was relatively calm. In fact at one point, around 1.30am, I woke to check the cricket score. As you do, and we were making normal speed, Kelvin tells me, 13.5knots. How does he know that?…:) The sea was calm, and we were sliding through it. There is a…
One small section of food available… So this morning a trip to reception to try and get some sort of connection. Once that was fixed, my message from last night, went, and I was also able to find the latest cricket score. New Zealand in a strong position. About time,…
View through the windscreen, in the camp site. Today we get ready for a few days holiday…:) Won’t that be nice. We haven’t had a holiday for at least 3 months..;) Making sure we have everything that we need, packed. Phone and computer chargers and adaptors, camera and charger…toothbrush…etc.. As…
A day of achievement..:) Well, on a very minor scale. Underachievement would be a better description. We both got haircuts. Another walk to town. We decide to walk instead of uncoupling the Caranex. Mmm, the legs are complaining just a little bit, but that has to be a good sign?…
Our camp last night was very basic, but despite the rain coming just after erecting the Caranex, it didn’t last long and like the wind, stayed away all night. We both slept well. As there was not too far to drive today, we left the camp at 11.30am. The countryside…
Another day of borders. A Mirage fighter of the Argentinian Air Force. Probably of Falklands vintage? Despite Jen’s fears, we had a night uninterrupted by visitors, once we had established approval to camp in the sprawling soccer field complex. Our hosts were quite accepting of our presence, once they had…
It’s time to move on. We have had an enjoyable, if not terribly productive rest day. I’d be quite happy to stay another day but Jen is anxious in case we don’t have time to get to Ushuaia in time, despite it being a two day drive and having 8…