by Mark Butland | 26/11/2023 | Antarctica
Crossing the Drake Passage, we got to know our fellow passengers and swapped stories. The passage is around 800 to 1,000km wide and takes about two days to cross, which left plenty of time for getting acquainted. Out on the water we saw a black-browed albatross...
by Mark Butland | 24/11/2023 | Antarctica
This morning we packed our luggage, ready for the Ocean Endeavour, then headed into Ushuaia to pick up a few last-minute bits for the trip. In town we came across a mural of penguins painted on a wall, with a signpost reading “World’s End”. Lunch was at Ramos...
by Mark Butland | 23/11/2023 | Antarctica
Our second day in Ushuaia, often called the southernmost city in the world, started with breakfast and a lovely sunrise. Then we hopped into a local taxi and spent the day touring Tierra del Fuego National Park. Our stops included the post office at the End of the...
by Mark Butland | 22/11/2023 | Antarctica
We landed at Ushuaia airport at 10.10am on the flight from Buenos Aires, a non-stop hop of about 3 hours 40 minutes, and our transfer took us to the Wyndham Garden Ushuaia Hotel del Glaciar. We’d arrived a few days before the ship sailed on purpose, so there’d be no...
by Mark Butland | 17/01/2023 | Thailand 2023
That was the end of the 2023 trip, after three weeks in Thailand. We’d started on the River Kwai at Kanchanaburi, headed south through Khao Sok, Phuket, Koh Phi Phi and Krabi, and finished with a few days back in Bangkok, including a second visit to the Ancient City....
