Leave Friday for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Head to Ushuaia to board the Viking Octantis expedition ship. 13 days exploring Antartica.

Stay tuned.

Yeah I actually get to go on this trip. Finally got medical clearance yesterday afternoon after panicking. Thank you Jeanie for putting up with my rants.

Clearance granted. Off to the airport.

Arrived in Buenos Aires to long lines at passport control. \240Have a tour scheduled this afternoon depending upon time I get to hotel. \240Stay tuned.

Arrived at Hilton Buenas Aires and had breakfast then planning a short nap before my tour this afternoon.

Ok it’s 88 degrees here. I’m heading to ATM because apparently Argentina Pesos are worth much and even the hotel won’t exchange US dollars for them or maybe they think it’s the other way around. It’s $1 equals approximately $1,446 pesos. Off to buy a lot of worthless money.

Well couldn’t find an ATM but realized a 3 hour walking tour in 88 degree weather is not what I want to do. I’ll do that tour another day. Did enjoy a walk along the inlet back to the hotel.

Today is a 5 hour tour of Buenos Aires and tonight is Tango show. Stay tuned.

There are 48 neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. They built the canal then abandoned it. The neighborhood I’m staying in, Puerto Maurita, \240all the streets are named after women. \240The widest river in the world is in Argentina.

Buenos Aires was founded in 1518. Buenos Aires protects the ships and the port.

Went to Tango show last night. Great show, great food.

Won’t be doing food tour today. Have to be downstairs ready for flight at 3:10 am. Just hanging out and resting today.

After a 3 am flight to Ushaia, we finally landed and are headed to ship.

We started our adventure in the Drake Passage last night. We had the Drake Lake until about 3 am then it turned into the Drake mini-shake. Currently we have 8-10 swells so a little movement but not bad.

Today we get fitted for boots and hats and gloves get bio inspection and vacuumed.

Tomorrow we are heading to Shetland islands.we will land at Fort Point on South Greenwich Island.

Today we are projected to make our first landing on Antarctica. On our approach to the English Channel we saw several a raft of penguins and several humpback whales.

Getting ready to step foot on Antarctica. Wait for it.

Yes it was cold. 3 pairs of pants and 3 coats.

I can also say I swam in the waters of Antarctica as I stepped out of boat and there was nothing under the water to step onto.

Weather has turned for the worst. Kayakers and guests along with expedition team have been rescued by zodiacs as they could not get back to ship.

This is why Antarctica is so memorable. I woke up to this today. \240We had 2 whales off the side of the ship playing for almost 30 minutes.

No landing today but zodiac cruising and Special Ops boats. We are in Fournier Bay.

Today we are going through the Lemeire Channel and will pass Kodiak Island. We will stop at Port Lockroy. \240Port Lockeoy is the southernmost post office in the World. \240We are delivering 1.79 million pounds of supplies to last them 6 months. We are also delivering their Christmas presents.

Today we are in Recess Bay.

Today we are at Brown Base Station, Antarctica.

Today we are at Danco Island. I will be posting some videos from yesterday as we were surrounded by no less than 50 Orcas and Humpbacks. Our expedition leader called it Whale soup. You couldn’t look anywhere without seeing a whale or a pod of whales.

I have an incredible video a friend took yesterday that is too big to post here. If you’d like to see it, just mention it when you see me.

Today we are heading back to Ushaia. I’ll try to post the video I talked about yesterday. I did not take it. A friend of mine did but doesn’t mind it being shared.

Today we rounded Cape Horn. We should arrive in Ushaia this evening then head home tomorrow.

Today headed to Tierra Del Fuego National Park before heading to the airport. The trip started with rain but has cleared up.

Got home this morning.