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Our first stop of the cruise was the small city of Ketichikan, although by Alaskan standards, at a population of 14,000 it ranks in the top five most populous cities in the state. It is easy to forget how utterly huge Alaska is and how few people reside there until you are experiencing it firsthand! Like all cruise ports the downtown area, immediately adjacent to the dock has evolved into a mish-mash… Read More
Today’s plan was to land at Fortuna Bay home to another large king penguin colony, although not as large as the previous day’s hoard at St. Andrew’s Bay, and a sizeable fur seal population. In addition, for those interested, there was going to be an opportunity to hike across the island to Stromness Bay. The hike traced part of the route that Shackleton and his men took to reach help once they… Read More
After two days at sea we finally arrived in the early morning at South Georgia. The next four days were targeted at visiting the incredibly dense wildlife that calls the island home. According to some of my fellow passengers South Georgia is the “Serengetti of the Antarctic” and it is one of the main reasons that this particular cruise is so popular; many other Antarctic cruises go straight to the peninsula completely… Read More
I got to bed a bit later than usual last night because I was waiting for us to finish sailing by an iceberg so I could look around the far edge to the other side. It was no ordinary iceberg being large enough to have an official designation on the charts. Measuring 11 miles by 5 miles and with approximately 100 feet showing above the water, some quick calculations by some of… Read More
We had an early start on day three having reached our destination, Mikkelsen Bay, overnight. Breakfast, which I skipped, was at 6:30 am with gangway ops starting as early as 7:15 am. The goal was to get everyone to shore for our first landing by 8 am spend a couple of hours there then return to the ship by 10 am because we had a long sail ahead of us to get… Read More
Despite going to bed early I had a restless night. The swaying of the ship as we crossed Bransfield Strait on our way to the Gerlache Strait demanded enough attention of my sub-conscious to wake me. The movement was noticeable, occurring in all directions, as we bounced along on the waves. Thankfully it was not violent enough to throw me out of my bunk and eventually, adjusting to the situation, I was… Read More
The past three days I have spent in Sauraha, Chitwan, a place totally opposite of the cool, mountainous area of Nepal I left. It is flat, super hot and extremely humid. I felt like I was back in Houston. The town is the main entry point to Chitwan National Park, an approximately 1000 square meter area of protected preserve in the south of Nepal. The town is a popular place for Nepali… Read More
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