Around The Horn

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Literally a holiday within a holiday. We took 20 days out of our winter stay in Mexico to take a cruise from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile With a couple of days at each end for some additional touring.

Rounding Cape Horn was a highlight for us. Also having travelled from the Arctic Circle (Iceland) almost to Antarctica within a year.


A reminder that this works best if you touch /highlight each picture to enlarge it.

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Photos

Our Route
Buenos Aires is the blue dot then the flags indicate subsequent stops along the route to Valparaiso & Santiago.

Argenta Suites
Our modest hotel for two nights.

River Plate Stadium
Where Messi, Maradona & other Argentine greats represented their country

Fishermen’s clubhouse!
We thought we were looking out at the Atlantic Ocean but this is actually the mouth of the Plate or Plata River.
Apparently wider than the Amazon at its mouth.

Columbus
I wonder if he will get torn down one day….his “discoveries” led to so much misery & death for the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Buenos Aires
A beautiful feature of this city is the broad tree filled boulevards. Traffic is horrendous but the view is great when you’re not driving.

Showtime!
Good quality entertainment provided each evening. We usually had dinner around 7 then went to the 9 pm show.

Flower power
This giant flower uses solar power to open and close its petals from day to night.

8269
Our home for the next 2 weeks.

Uruguay
The unpretentious Montevideo…proud of its stability and democracy (as opposed to most of its other South American neighbours.)

Negotiations
Marlene liked the look of an agate necklace.
The $7 asking price was non negotiable!

Puerto Madryn, Argentina
A small outpost in a desolate region ashore but teeming with ocean life…penguins, sea lions, orca etc.

Puerto Madryn
About 1/2 way down the Argie coast. Many fellow cruisers took 5 hour bus rides to see sea lions & penguins. We passed…having seen lots of penguins & sea lions. At $450 US a head it was a budget breaker…..and likely a back breaker as the roads were mostly unpaved.

Where are we?
There were 6 sea days but there was plenty to keep us occupied.

Rounding the Horn
Taken from the navigation channel.

Southern Ocean
An encouraging dawn on our day to Round the Horn.

Cape Horn is an island!
Not what I thought!
The captain informed us that it is rarely this calm. 60’ waves and gale force winds are more common.
We were able to circumnavigate the island…bleak & wind swept. Hundreds of ships have gone down here.

Cape Horn Light
Is actually manned, unlike the mostly automated ones around the globe. A lonely outpost to be sure.
It is the extreme southern tip of Chile.

Food, glorious food!
Always a great menu available.
We took a tour of the ‘behind the scenes’ workings of the ship.
It included the galley (s), waste & recycle centres, engine control room…the ship uses on average 80 000 gallons of diesel a Day! It carries enough for 2 weeks.
Also visited the bridge…really interesting…3 different navigation stations.

Ushuaia tour
A monument honoring the indigenous inhabitants…mostly wiped out like others around the world.

The Train Ride to the End of the World
Well that’s how it’s billed.
Built by convicts in C19. to keep them busy, it is a short ride across rugged countryside to its terminus at the Beagle Channel.

Comments

[Ted and Moe]

Hello World Travellers
Hi Ian and Marlene, Thanks once again for sharing your amazing trip photos. We always thoroughly enjoy them and we always learn so much. This trip looked incredible. Of course, a highlight for me was the stadium that was the home for Messi and Maradona - can’t get the sports fan out of me. Glad you two enjoyed another terrific adventure. We assume you’re back in Mexico now. Enjoy your time back there. Hopefully we can connect some time. Happy travels ! Ted and Moe

[Lorraine Runstedler]

Journey
Happy Saint Paddy's Day from Kingsville - All I can say is AMAZING - absolutely beautiful - love the way you get in to the History of each picture! - And the food, If I ate like that every day, they would have to roll me off the Ship(ha) I want that lobster tail - YUM! thanks for including me on your travels - stay safe and well

[imras]

Adventures
Hi Lorraine! Great to hear from you. Amazing to think I have been retired 25 years now! Hope you are keeping well.

[Tim Wilson]

Vino
Great pictures overall. Sounds like a good winery, it is mentioned in my wine guide as having a 'fab' restaurant. Hope you enjoyed the food. Love following all you adventures !