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DAY 44 – February 17th
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 was at the same time...
DAY 43 – February 16th
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 the Queens Room at...
DAY 42 – February 15th
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 Juliana on her new...
DAY 41 – February 14th
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 onto my external...
DAY 40 – February 13th
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, and headed up to the...
DAY 39 – February 12th
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 motion, or you could go...
DAY 38 – February 11th
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 Queens Room and it was...
DAY 37 – February 10th
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, in the daily...
DAY 36 – February 9th
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 of being on the ship;...
DAY 35 – February 8th
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 another cleaning for...
DAY 34 – February 7th
Buenos Aires Our taxi arrived at the hotel at 8:00 as requested, and by 8:20 we were at the cruise terminal. The ride was quite an adventure. No one, including our driver, seemed to be obeying any rules of the road. The road had 3 lanes, but there...
DAY 33 – February 6
Foz du Iguacu and Buenos Aires The day we left dawned bright and sunny, without a cloud in the sky. Brian went back to the falls to take some last photos; I watched them from our bedroom window. They really are magnificent. Paulo came to take us to...