The party’s over; it’s time to call it a day; regrettably. Here’s a few pictures of the ship taken during the 16 day cruise on ‘Silver Whisper’ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, down around the tip of South America, and up to Valparaiso in Chile.
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 …
Along the coastal road from Puerto Madryn in the south of Argentina, a potent smell stronger than seaweed, and roaring coming over the cliffs heralds our approach to a colony of sea lions at Punto Lomo. The swimmers seem to be doing the roaring and hooting while the females sleep in the sun. The old …
Montevideo, Uruguay from Michael Mus on Vimeo. A once prosperous and enterprising country has fallen into abandonment. What a shame! Uruguay was once dignified and known as the Switzerland of South America. Money was made through wool and leather. Today it seems to be stuck in a time warp. The buildings around Independence Square in …
How fortunate for me that Fabian is a graphic designer by training, but a knowledgeable local tour guide by day. His eye for design is a great when it comes to pointing out different subjects for my photography. Buenos Aires was named after “Mary of the Good Winds, Patron of Sailors” by Spanish navigator Juan …