Pehoe Camping We didn’t stay up to see the new year in. However, we were woken at about 2am by our neighbours slamming car doors. Very inconsiderate of them, we thought. They had arrived late in the evening and had asked if they could park next to us and put…
There were serious black clouds gathering in the north east and it looked like we would be in for a serious dousing during the night. The Caranex was prepared before going to bed at 10.30pm. still quite light. There was a frenzy of activity last night to get the blog…
Leaving the Beach. We were surprised to find, on waking, that it was 08.10. We had slept well. However, we had been woken in the night, not by the alarm from the shack behind us, as we feared, but by a thunderstorm and rain. On looking out of Poki into…
Last night’s camp on the beach was brilliant. The wind dropped during the night and it was calm in the morning too. A great sleep in our own bed. As Jen said yesterday, today our destination is Puerto Natales. We are going to stay in Chile to visit the scenic…
By Jen Disembarkation We were up before 07.00 as we had to vacate our state room by 08.00. Leaving our luggage at reception, we went and had breakfast. Tomorrow we will be back to porridge! After saying goodbye to the crew we walked down the gangway, along the pier and…
The final sailing day. It was another early rise for us. We were informed at last night’s briefing, that we would be passing Cape Horn at approximately 7am. The alarm went off and neither of us had had much sleep, but you don’t get too many opportunities to pass Cape…
(By Jen) Crossing the Drake passage As Dennis mentioned yesterday, the weather for our crossing of the Drake Passage was predicted to be quite rough. We actually left the South Shetland Islands early in the afternoon to avoid the incoming bad weather. Overnight it was bumpy, but we survived. The…
So, It’s Christmas Day…Merry Christmas everyone. It was approx midnight when we got to bed last night. With the little wifi we could get, we were trying to update the blog and send Christmas messages. I think I mentioned in an earlier blog, that we were paying US$25 to get…
Catching up with and sorting out our blog hasn’t been easy. In the process we have mixed ourselves up as to who should have been writing on which day. Never mind, everyday has been covered. Zodiac Cruise We were very lucky to have 3 sunny and relatively mild days. Today…
Photos to follow Awake at 3.05am wondering if the alarm will go off at 6.30am! No sleep till it does. I don’t think we have had a decent full night’s sleep since we boarded. Anyway, at 6.30am the phone lit up, but no audible alarm. It seems the “don’t disturb”…