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I was excited that we were arriving in Antarctica by boat rather than plane, it added an extra level of anticipation knowing that we would magically pass through the open seas, spot our first icebergs and finally anchor at an island at the bottom of the world. It painted a great picture of just howContinue reading “Crossing the Drake Passage”

Before I get too stuck into the Antarctic portion of this blog I thought I should draw some attention to the Greg Mortimer and Aurora. Of course they’ve received plenty of attention from the Australian – and international – media during their efforts to repatriate their passengers while stationed off the Uruguayan coast so IContinue reading “Getting On Board the Greg Mortimer”

Here’s where the concrete day-by-day blow structure I’ve had running starts to dissipate. This post is going to encompass four days – brace yourselves! They were certainly busy but there was a good deal of travelling, souvenir browsing and coffee shop hopping done. If you’ve been following along on Instagram you may also recall thatContinue reading “El Calafate and Ushuaia”

Faced with the prospect of Australia’s lockdown laws remaining firmly in place for the next three months, I’ve decided to pluck up the courage, knuckle down and finally bring the next day of our trip to your laptop. I’m actually quite excited to relive our final day at Explora in Torres del Paine National Park.Continue reading “Day Twelve in Torres del Paine National Park”

OK, I’m back to settle a few rumours. No, I did not fall overboard. No, I was not kidnapped by penguins neither did I stow away on the boat to extend my holiday of a lifetime. I did not get lost as this website suggests. In fact, I’m safely back in Australia and ready toContinue reading “Gab Gets Organised!”

I’ll briefly interrupt my usual string of exciting posts and recaps to deliver a quick public service announcement. If you’ve been following my travels on Instagram then you’ll notice that there’s a few days leg between the destinations I’m writing about and where I actually am (I suspected that might be the case before IContinue reading “A Quick Word About Antarctica”

Today we left Explora armed with trekking poles and the mindset that a full day hike would help keep the holiday kilos at bay. We’d committed ourselves to a full day adventure that would take us along twenty kilometres of the famous W trek to the French Valley. Our backpacks were heavy with wet weatherContinue reading “Day Eleven in Torres del Paine National Park”

We went to breakfast that morning still buzzing with the excitement of seeing a puma the night before. Luckily Franchita the deer had survived but she’d clearly had a sleepless night and dozed in the same spot for the rest of our stay. As we suspected, the puma was nowhere to be seen. This wasContinue reading “Day Ten in Torres del Paine National Park”

We were still in awe of the magic of Patagonia, from the sweeping pampas to the lakes, mountains and wildlife but it was time to pack up camp and move on. The majority of Day Nine was spent in a van crossing the border into Chile but there was never a moment of boredom. Here’sContinue reading “Day Nine in Chilean Patagonia”

We were quickly reacquainting ourselves with the adventure lifestyle but knew we needed to up the ante to really say we’d visited Patagonia. Without any second thoughts we comfortably settled on climbing a glacier, as you do. If we were abandoning the Australian summer then we needed to swing right to the other extreme: aContinue reading “Day Eight in Argentinean Patagonia”