Friday.

Friday we were supposed to stop at Ushuaia, Argentina. This is the “southern most city in the world” and the launching point for Antarctica. It is also the port for Tierra del Fuego. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t being cooperative. This is probably a good place to mention that it is rare that a ship sailing this itinerary (or a variation) makes all the ports. The weather is just too iffy. I met a couple onboard who mentioned this was the third time they had cruised around Cape Horn and they still hadn’t done all the ports in one sailing. Though, this time by making the Falklands, they had hit all the ports – just not in one cruise! Thursday night the winds were up to 50 knots and the ship had a lot of movement. They closed all the decks to passengers for safety.

The captain reported that it wasn’t safe to try and dock the ship, so we cruised the Straits of Magellan and the Beagle Channel and enjoyed the fjords and glaciers. Another very cold, windy day on deck and it even snowed for a period of time! The glaciers were spectacular and the waterfalls beautiful.