Thursday, 24 November 2016

Visiting Punta Arenas

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Events of Tuesday, 22nd November I slept well with the ship moored against the jetty at Punta Arenas. My cabin on the port side was away ...
Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Cruising to Punta Arenas

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Events of Monday, 21st November At some time during the early hours of Tuesday, we left sheltered waters for a time and the wave action b...
Monday, 21 November 2016

On to the Strait of Magellan

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Events of Sunday, 20th November (Afternoon) After lunch, I worked on the computer for a while before going to the Panorama Lounge for aft...

Pio XI Glacier

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Events of Sunday, 20th November (Morning) I awoke to a glorious sunny morning at our anchorage a mile or so short of the glacier face of ...
Sunday, 20 November 2016

Cruising Chilean Fjords

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Events of Saturday, 19th November Saturday was to be a day on the ship as we continued south. The previous evening, the ship had emerged...
Saturday, 19 November 2016

Aiken del Sur Nature Park

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Events of Friday, 18th November (continued) In the earlier post here , I described our journey from the ship to the Aiken del Sur Nature ...

Puerto Chacabuco

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Events of Friday, 18th November The land of South America, of course, tapers as you go south. Chile occupies a relatively narrow ‘sliver’...
Friday, 18 November 2016

Achao and Castro

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Events of Thursday, 17th November By sailing south, leaving the coast of Chile on our left, we reached Chiloe (pronounced ‘CHILL-O-WAY’) ...
Thursday, 17 November 2016

Niebla and Valdivia

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Events of Wednesday, 16th November Around 7.30 a.m. we dropped anchor in a broad estuary with the town of Corral to our right and Niebla ...