Following in the wake of Magellan, Drake and Darwin: Punta Arenas, the Beagle Channel and Cape Horn

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January 26th 2015

Published: January 26th 2015

Sunday 25th January 2015 We have decided to put a map in with this blog, since it is the easiest way to explain our route. From the Amalia Glacier, we entered the Straits of Magellan to the port of Punta Arenas, then came back out into the Pacific again. Ships saved a journey of 380 nautical miles by passing through the Straits, once the route was discovered by Fernando Magellan, rather than g... Read Full Entry

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Viv and John Cussell

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We are off island-hopping in Thailand for the month of February. We shall leave home on the 1st of the month and return on 29th (an extra day for Leap Year)! Our journey will be from Alicante to Barcelona by train, then two flights, the first from Barcelona to Doha and the second from Doha to Phuket, both with Qatar Airways. Although this will be our forth visit to the "Land of Smiles", we haven't been there for eleven years and plan to visit islands we haven't seen before. In 2009, we travelled overland from Singapore to the island of Langkawi, Northern Malaysia, in the Southern Andaman Sea. ... full info

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