Last evening we ate in the Italian Restaurant on board the ship. I had a herb roasted free range chicken and Nancy had pasta with lobster sauce and shrimp. (Where do you think that chicken roamed about on the ship???) For desert (photos), I had what they called a Lasagna Chocolata, and Nancy had the Cannolli<sp?>.
Last evening we went to a show with a husband and wife Magician/Comedy Team and also Jamie Michael Stewart. Jamie Michael Stewart sings, VERY well. One of the songs he is famous for was the love boat song from the TV Program.
This morning we landed in Punta Arenas, Chile. Punta Arenas claims to be the southern most city in the world, as it has a population of 120,000. Tomorrow we visit Ushuaia, Argentina, which is farther south, but only has a population of 50,000. So it is the southern most town in the world.
In Punta Arenas we went kayaking in the Strait of Magellan. It was a small group of us, eight, including one of the crew from the ship. There were about five staff from the tour group. We did real well kayaking east, but the return leg was against a 20+ mile an hour wind, and we eventually needed a tow. It was fun, and the people were so nice… During the off season the person who runs the kayak company is a cartographer. They gave us a very nice drink to warm us up after the trip, and now all I want to do is sleep. We will be getting additional photos of the kayaking in a few days.
I, Roger, am writing this while I wait to use the washer/dryer (they are very busy). Nancy was off getting a manicure…. Isn’t it the way…. (As it should be :) Terry bishop presented an entertaining lecture called Round the Horn: Success and failure. He talked about the discovery of Cape Horn and various attempts to sail around it.
After the lecture and dinner we sat in the lounge and watched the ship sail through the Beagle channel. Over a 20 minute period the weather shifted from torrential rain to sun six times. Apparently that is fairly typical weather here. We did see some glaciers, and you can also see a rainbow in the picture.
Tomorrow (today as we launch this blog) may be the day with the most day light of the trip. Sun rise occurred at 5:50am and will set at 9:41pm. Even though the sun set last night was at 9:41pm, it was still light enough to read a paper outside at 10:40pm. Not sure when it became light this morning, but probably about 5am.
This blog is being launched from Ushuaia, literally the end of the world!!! The farthest point south, excluding only Antarctica.
4 comments:
Very nice, incredible scenery. Must have been so peaceful out there.
About the chicken . . . . I'll bet that they are free range, not because they roam around ON the ship, but because the chefs take them on a long hike on land, then march them up the gangplank to the kitchen.
Love your cold water kayaking suits. Sounds like you are eating well,learning lots and the photos are great. What color are Nancy's nails?? Love you guys so much!
I am so happy to be travelling along with you. Never really thought much about that area of our planet and it's amazing! Kayaking in the Straits of Magellan??!! My husband is after me to kayak in the carribbean in April and I'm waffling....Nancy, you've made me feel like a real baby!!!!
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