Cruise Talk

On our disembarkation day from the cruise ship, we had booked a private tour for the 5 folks in our group to show us around Buenos Aires and see all parts of the city. It is a big city, so… Read more

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect in Montevideo, but our full day private tour exceeded expectations. First, I didn’t realize that it had so many beaches. The statistic that our tour guide gave us was either 22 miles or… Read more

As a child, my son, who is now close to 25, was obsessed with dinosaurs. Between the Land Before Time, Disney’s Dinosaur and the Walking With Dinosaurs CGI documentaries, we almost always had dinosaurs on the TV. My son was… Read more

If you want to see the world’s most accessible colony of King Penguins, the Bluff Cove penguin excursion in Port Stanley is a must do. I knew we were going to see penguins, but I had honestly picked the excursion… Read more

Elephant Island may be most famous as the shelter of last resort taken by the crew of the Endurance during the ill fated Antarctic expedition lead by Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton’s ship became trapped in the Weddell Sea ice for over… Read more

Paradise Bay is one of the quietest places I have ever visited. There are no signs of civilization, though it is home to Argentina’s Almirante Brown Antarctic Base (still in use) and Chile’s González Videla Antarctic Base (not used since… Read more