At Sea in the South Pacific Ocean Yet another sun drenched day with a perfectly blue calm sea. The color of the water is an almost iridescent blue – it sparkles away and is really a beautiful site. Our tablemates saw dolphins yesterday,...
At Sea There was no way to avoid it, the laundry had to be done today. Usually the launderette is the hub of bad behavior and gossip, but again today it was the height of discretion and good behavior. Nothing exciting to report at all....
At Sea Nine sea days in a row – followed by Tahiti. Life doesn’t get much better than that. Some people are complaining about it, but especially if the sun comes out, I am very happy. I checked the daily program to see if beading...
Valparaiso The day I discovered Pisco Sours We were due to dock at 7:00, but when we awoke we were still moving, and nowhere near to the port. The Commodore had not made any announcement, so we got up and got ready to be in...
At Sea How on earth could we have been cruising for 6 weeks already? I want to slow time down, it is simply whizzing by too fast. The sea was calm, but it was too cool and windy to sit by the pool. We stopped by to congratulate...
Golfo Corcovado Channel There is much unhappiness in the kingdom. Well not really the whole kingdom, just our cabin. And not the whole cabin, just me. The card in my video camera was full, so yesterday I downloaded all of the film...
Pio Xl Glacier The Commodore had said that he expected us to be at the Pio Xl glacier (named after the pope of the same name), at 8:00AM. We awoke to a misty rainy day, so we decided that we would give the outside decks a miss for now,...
Amalia Glacier I woke up at 4:00 and there was certainly some pitching and rolling going on, but not enough to throw you out of bed. When there is rough weather there are 2 things you can do. You can stay in bed and enjoy the rocking...
Punta Arenas I awoke at 6:00 to be in good time for meeting up for my tour at 6:50. I went to the Lido for breakfast, and was lucky enough to see the most beautiful sunrise. A great start to the day. At 6:40 I went down to the...
Straits of Magellan Well, we should be in the Straits of Magellan, but we were misled. One of the things I was really looking forward to was watching us sail through the straits. It made up for not actually going around the Horn. However,...
At Sea We have been on Queen Victoria for 5 weeks now. I have never been on a ship for this long before, yet I still feel that we have only just got on board. The wonderful days are simply going by too fast. I want to savor every minute...
At Sea The storm between Rio and Buenos Aires must have been quite something. Everything on our balcony had a thick layer of salt on it, making it rather nasty. They had cleaned the balcony in Santarem, so I don’t expect we will get...