Where Is Safarigal?

We seem to be in a better spot for wifi, and Brian has shown me how to reduce the size of my photos, so I am giving it a go at reposting with a few photos. Well there was certainly some motion during the night, but really not much more than you would expect on a...

After breakfast we found the perfect spot by the pool and spent a leisurely morning soaking up the sun. At noon we had to check out of our room, and we had been planning to sit in the lounge area until our bus (number 7 of 8) was ready to leave. 200 other people...

I stopped by the Silversea desk to see if the welcome letters were available yet, and I was asked to come back in an hour. We decided not to wait, and walked to the Hop On Hop Off Bus stop at the mall, and bought our tickets for the bus and the cable car...

The flight from Dallas to Santiago was long, but uneventful, apart from not being able to have any of my chosen entrées for dinner. Note to self – order your meals in advance for your next flight. Customs and immigration were very efficient. Despite filling out a...

We took off from Portland on an early morning flight. There was a thin layer of fog over the Columbia River and the airport, but we quickly rose above it. Suddenly there were Mt St Helens and Mt Adams outside the window. Dawn was breaking and casting a pink glow on...

Packing for an expedition is never fun. And this has been quite the ordeal as far as I am concerned. Having the correct clothes for a vacation has always been a big deal for me, and over the years I like to think I have perfected the art of selecting the perfect...

Back in 2019 my friend Deirdre had said in passing, “do you want to go to Antarctica with us?”. Quite honestly I had never thought of going there. I do not like cold weather, and Alaska in summer is about as cold as I want to be if I can avoid it. As the first...