Home Again

We’re home. I almost wrote “we’re back”, but we’re not in the same place we started from. It has been an affecting journey and from the point of view of our purpose for Transplants in Mind, it has given us more impetus. Much more than: been there, done that. Partly because of what we [...]

Foxtrot Oscar

One more day in Buenos Aires and we head home. We are very conscious that this is not the end of the odyssey and that there is more work to do in our Transplants in Mind campaign. We have some GREAT pics with our sponsorship banners, which I am desparate to post, but I can´t [...]

The next whisky bar

Today, we found our Buenos Aires in the Palermo district – Palermo Soho, to be precise. It is like a cool version of Islington or Soedermalm with a design awareness of Italy. Clothes and furniture (Habitat stuff) are extremely good value and look so fresh.
Walking back to the central point Plaza Serrano, a roundabout surrounded [...]

Tango Bravo, take two

Yesterday was also a public holiday for Easter we discovered when meeting Sabine. She couldn´t belive how quiet the city was. As I type , I can understand what she meant: it´s extremely noisy out there. Still, it´s perhaps a gentle introduction that you need after being away from the big city.
How great to [...]

Tango Bravo

Easter Monday, BA turns out to be very quiet and it´s hard to get an impression of the city other than it is hot today. We have planned a Tango show and dinner but the date on our ticket is for 24 April. Also we are to meet Sabine from the Gentle Giant mailing list.
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Arrival in Buenos Aires

This is a bit of a change – it feels like summer. Flew in to Buenos Aires late last night and promptly lost our jackets. Not like we need them in this heat, but you know.
We line up to get a taxi and the porter eventualy muscles our bags into [...]

Return from Antarctica

We´re back from Antarctica! It has been the most fantastic trip. We arrived back in Ushuaia on Saturday morning and it has been pretty full on since then. Now in the quiet of Easter Sunday we´ve found a few minutes  to find an Internet café and get in contact with the world again.
Leaving the ship [...]

March 18, Lemaire Channel

It’s not quite the real bacon butty i crave, but after the fast required by camping on the ice last night, it tastes very good indeed. We tell our stories of ice cave building in the restaurant as we sail out of Neko Bay and head even further south. I have an idea that we’re [...]

Kayaking with Whales in Neko Bay

We’re on a tight schedule, as camping on the ice is planned for tonight. Two nights of camping are possible, and I think we’ll only do one, but as yet, we don’t know which. So, it’s a quick lunch and back out into Neko Bay for kayaking.
Photos Neko Bay Kayaking
Neko Bay is the most Antarctic [...]

March 17, part iii: Camping on Antarctica

Following the spectacular kayaking and encounter with the whale, there’s time for a talk from Lynn about the different sorts of glacier and iceberg ice we are likely to see, and then PB briefs us about camping. We decide to go tonight and postpone the whisky tasting. There is an opportunity to go camping for [...]