We are in the ‘wet’ Andes where there is more than 400 inches of rainfall a year. Charles Darwin was here in 1834 on a 5-year round the world expedition on the ‘Beagle’. Ferdinand Magellan sailed though here in the 16th century. Leaving Ushuaia and entering the Beagle Channel, we are blessed not only with …
Today, we reach Tierra del Fuego, the ‘land of fire’, and dock at the capital city, Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Antarctica is only 3,000 kilometres away! We are in a bay surrounded by snow-capped mountains, some scraped smooth by glacier movement over time, and others in jagged peaks from eruptions of rock …
Thanks be to God . . . for parting the clouds for the sun to shine and the teal waters to glisten in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile’s Patagonia. I’d also like to think that God played a hand in putting the blue colour in the icebergs that had broken away from …
Christmas at Sea on ‘Silver Whisper’ from Michael Mus on Vimeo. The Filipino crew of Silver Whisper sing Carols for the guests on Christmas Eve sailing between the Falkland Islands and the Magellan Straits of Chile. After leaving the Falkland Islands and travelling through the night in 4-metre seas, we are relatively calm as we …
While I have your interest, I want to tell you about our visit to the penguins at Bluff Cove Farm. If you read on, I have some history and a short summary about the 1982 Falklands War, in which we all remember Margaret Thatcher re-fitting the QE II as a troop carrier to go defend …