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 nice leisurely dinner since the show was beforehand. Our waiter was not there on Fri night because they said he had a headache but the real story was his roommate was sick and quarantined for ... read more

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"/abrby 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 will need to update some of the actual places after the Ice Captains presentation this afternoon when he’ll go over where we actually did go vs the plan. It... read more

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 later tours I guess. The seas were at high (20-27 feet) at that point and 50 gale winds. The seas after that and thru lunch were at very hight (27-42 feet) so it's been an ... read more

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"/abrby 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 of the area etc. He also does commentary on the decks as we leave port. Warren Salinger is the lecturer on board. He first sailed HAL at the ... read more

Wed Jan 30 Well I never did get a chance to post yesterday. Busy Sea Day and the one time I checked the link was down. So I’ll try to catch up this morning. After we sailed on Monday we had a nice dinner and then I went to the show with one of my tablemates (Thersa from Cincinnati). It was a Cast show about various eras as if they were on the radio. Typical show but pretty good. The leads are very good singers and we have no idea how the dancers were able to dance the way the ship was moving but they held on pretty good. Yesterday was our first sea day and everyone was ready for a day to catch up from flights and long tours in Rio. I know I slept ... read more