View from below the glacier back across Laguna Esmeralda

February 24th 2014
Just a few short hours before we set sail. The good news is the weather looks like it's set fair so I am hopeful of a smooth crossing. Attached are few photos of my final day´s walking around Ushuaia - Laguna Esmeralda - beautiful but cold. I walked with a retired police officer and his wife (a fitness instructor) from Guildford - both charming. Travel makes for strange bedfellows! And ... read more

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Mark Simmons

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Spending 5 months travelling to Antarctica and then in South America. Still thinking about what I want to get out of this blog...mainly to share with friends and family back home and to make impose some discipline on myself to make sure I record the highs and lows of travelling. Current biggest concerns - how to match the high standard of photos from other bloggers and make my travel map visible to followers!... full info

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