What a magical location. This is how our travel agent described it and I now I also believe this is the truth. Where else can you see Penguins, seals and reindeer in the one location. Day 11- Monday 13th Feb The Facts: Arrival at South Georgia Zodiac Cruise and landing at Elsehul Bay Right Whale Bay landing Many Fur Seals and King Penguins The longer version: First trip of the day to Elsehul bay was supposed to be just a zodiac cruise. The waster was teeming with seals and often there is too many to land. Some Macaroni Penguins were spotted [View Full Entry]

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Day 5 - Tuesday 7th Feb The Facts: Tour of Tierra del Fuego Parque Nacionale Embarkation of Akademik Shokalsky The longer version: Today we got to meet the remainder of or group we would be spending the next 3 nights with as we all dined at Breakfast. We identified one younger couple who would give us a running for youngest on the boat We met with the group for a tour to Tierra del Fuego PN. Our tour leader was an interesting lady who went by the name of Crazy Horse. She fitted this description very well, and to demonstrate this, [View Full Entry]

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Day 1 - Friday 3rd Feb The trip begins in Springsure. To set the scene: Karen has had one hours sleep as she finishes her thesis. Roger is having a last minute nap and packing the bags. An 8am flight out of Emerald gets us to Brisbane in time to finish printing, binding and positing the thesis, and some last minute shopping (we forgot to pack toothpaste!). All is looking good for the trip. Day 2 - Saturday 4th Feb The Facts: 15 hour flight to Santiago Visit to Cerro San Cristobal to get an overview of the city The [View Full Entry]

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