Well it's been a week since they kicked us off the ship kicking and screaming. I've added photos and videos to the previous entries (it works better from home with the faster link!). Our last sea day was busy as usual but we weren't ready to leave so hung onto every moment we could. After our final dinner most of our table stopped by the Explorers lounge for a last drink (ok so Hugh and I did check out the chocolates too!). Just after 11 decided I really did need to go down and finish packing and that took me till [View Full Entry]

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Fri 2/15/08 I can’t believe this trip is all but over. It’s been as good if not better than I expected and though I originally thought it would be a once-in-a-lifetime trip I’m pretty sure I’ll be back if I’m able to in a few years. There’s just so much worth seeing again and lots of things I didn’t have time for in one trip. Antarctica was of course spectacular and my main reason for the trip but South America was much more of a surprise. Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay are not the third world countries most of us expected and [View Full Entry]

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Wed Feb 13 Well yesterday was another busy sea day but a good one. The ship was really rocking and rolling yesterday morning and it woke me up a bit early. I was going to update the blog but it was moving a bit too much to chance something falling onto the computer (the remote few down and hit me at one point). The waves were only 15-20 feet but they were longer than those from last week so it was pretty rough. There weren’t too many of us at the 10:00 lecture on Shakelton. It was very interesting though. One [View Full Entry]

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Mon 2/11/08 Well we got back earlier than I thought from Torres del Paines (Blue Towers) so I did some laundry and will try to get a post in before dinner. The show last night was better than we thought so we didn’t have to walk out. It was almost hard to believe it was the same man but he was at least watchable this time. The singer was as good as the first time. The group of entertainer’s we’ve had were all leaving the ship today and we’re supposed to get a new bunch so we’ll see. We had a [View Full Entry]

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Sun 2/10/08 Well whoever said that Sea Days are lazy or restful hasn’t been on this cruise! Yesterday continued our busy schedule as we headed out of Antarctica into the Drake Passage and onto Cape Horn. We started the day with a lecture on Ushuaia and Bingo and after a quick lunch it was time for a lecture on Punta Arenas and then Capt Pat’s talk on where we actually did go in Antarctica. He reviewed Plan A again and then said we actually did Plan H and had probably seen more things not on plan A than were on Plan [View Full Entry]

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There are a few new pictures too at <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/562274827nGgAiS"><img src="http://thumb3.webshots.net/t/62/562/0/63/26/2491063260081391383FhunSd_th.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Webshots.com"></a><br>by <a href=http://community.webshots.com/user/SharonNee> SharonNee</a> Sat 2/09/08 Well we finally have Internet connection again but I’m not sure exactly where I left off since my last posts were made from the Explorations Café so I don’t have a copy without access. I’ll check it later and add in anything I may have missed. It was a wonderful 4 days in Antarctica but not sure there’s any way to really describe it and I’m sure the pictures won’t do it justice. I’ll try to summarize each day below but [View Full Entry]

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Tue Feb 5 Well we've still got access this morning so will post another short note. We're just 5 hours out from Elephant Island and should be seeing our first icebergs in a couple of hours. Have seen some dolphins this morning from the Lido and they've just seen a whale to the other end of the Explorers Lounge where I'm sitting. The Explorations Cafe is totally full and I couldn't find a chair there. The seas are much calmer today and almost everyone is out and about. We just had a lecture on Globalization and have another Antarctica briefing after [View Full Entry]

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Mon Feb 4 Well this may be a quick post since I decided not to bring my laptop upstairs. Unfortunately the weatherman was right and the conditions in Pt. Stanly were not good so we did not get to stop there today. I was pretty sure we wouldn't when I woke up and saw the waves out my window. I headed up to the Lounge at 7:15 but didn't bother to bring my stuff. The captain came on shortly after and said they'd have to cancel. Wish they'd have done it earlier but they didnt' want to wake up those on [View Full Entry]

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Sun 2/3/08 Well I’m up another $10 from a short time in the casino last night. Hopefully that will continue later today. We had another nice dinner and one of the ships officers joined us. Turned out he had spent a year in the same area of New Hampshire as my tablemates so they had lots to discuss. After that we went to the show which was just the singers from the cast singing older songs but very good. We gained an hour last night so I’m up a bit early but will head up to mass in a few minutes. [View Full Entry]

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I think I finally got some of the photos uploaded to webshots so hopefully this link will work. <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/album/562274827nGgAiS"><img src="http://thumb3.webshots.net/t/62/562/0/63/26/2491063260081391383FhunSd_th.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Webshots.com"></a><br>by <a href=http://community.webshots.com/user/SharonNee> SharonNee</a> Sat Afternoon Feb 1 Well have a bit of time before I need to get ready for dinner (our 2nd formal night) so thought I’d post a few details on some of the lectures we’ve had (3 today so I’m feeling very educated right now). Earlier this week we had presentations by the same naturalist we had on our Alaska trip last year. On this trip he’s giving port overviews that include history [View Full Entry]

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