Greetings from South America! It was quite an adventure getting to the cruise but now that we’re three days into our vacation, the time spent in Atlanta was well worth it.
We were so excited when we landed in Buenos Aries, unfortunately we were unable to see any of the city. We grabbed our luggage (part of it anyway) and we were off to a shuttle to take us to the cruise port. The cruise port was just a regular shipping yard with old buildings, not the lush terminal we had used in Florida 18 months ago.
Unfortunately not all of luggage made the airplane out of Atlanta, when we boarded the plane we knew that it would be an issue as we had changed our flight twice that day but felt we’d rather fly direct on Delta (the friendly skies) rather than connect to a Brazilian airline in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We did get one of our bags with clothes in it and the other had our shoes, our toiletry bags (everything but Cindy’s makeup that is) and other necessary items. The ship was very accommodating and gave us some laundry vouchers and some t-shirts to wear, we’re lucky we did get some of our clothes because I don’t think anyone needs to see either one of us in a size Large t-shirt. Our lost bags caught up to us today (Wednesday) and we’re good to go.
On Monday, our first stop on the cruise, we were in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. We decided not to take one of the tours offered on the ship and to do our own thing. Once we crossed the ocean on a very bumpy tender ride we were approached by some locals to take a city tour, and so we did. We waited about 45 minutes for an English speaking guide and five of us went on a tour of the area, which was a lot of fun. We were able to get up close and personal to see some sea lions and we took a tour of a house of a famous painter of Uruguay that looked a lot like a Dr. Seuss house.
Tuesday was a day at sea, we slept in and had room service and just lounged around the pool for most of the afternoon. The water was a bit choppy on Tuesday and the wind was a bit cool but overall a great day.
Today we were in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, a small coastal town about halfway down the country on the Atlantic. We got off the ship this morning and walked around the shops and Quent spent sometime walking along the shore line collecting sea shells. We didn’t take an excursion offered by the cruise line today as they were not very enticing and we had such a great time in Uruguay that we figured we could do our own thing again today. We stopped in a grocery story to pick up some bottled water and I was amazed at all of the products they were selling that were the same in the states, the only difference, the labels were in Spanish not English.
We will update again sometime during the trip, not sure when but hopefully after the Chilean Fjords.
Thursday – At Sea
Friday – Cape Horn, Chile
Saturday – Ushuaia, Argentina
Sunday – Punta Arenas, Chile
Monday – Strait of Magellan
Tuesday – Chilean Fjords
All Aboard! We now know where to go in case of an emergency.
Sunset picture, day 2
Sea Lions posing for a picture.
Museum in Uruguay, looks like a Dr. Seuss house to me.
Quent playing shuffle board.
The wind was blowing....
Sea Lions posing for a picture.
Museum in Uruguay, looks like a Dr. Seuss house to me.
Quent playing shuffle board.
The wind was blowing....
