Drake Passage, Antarctica, Antarctica Today was our second day at sea, and it was another rough one. Last night while I was sleeping, everything that was on the desk next to my bed slid off and hit me in the face. The last thing to hit me was my tripod that got me right in the eye. That was when I decided to finally get up and take everything off the desk and put it on the floor. I just…
Drake Passage, Antarctica, Antarctica Today was a pretty rough day at sea for us. I had a really weird night’s sleep on the ship for our first night too. We came into the Drake Passage during the night, so the seas got rougher toward the morning. I never felt sick at all, but I did move around a lot while I was sleeping due to the rolling of the ship. I also had to pee about five times during the…
Drake Passage, Antarctica, Antarctica We got up and packed up our few things and headed out of the hotel by about 11am. We were supposed to leave our big bags at the hotel for the tour company to pick up and they would bring them straight to the ship. We didn’t have a lot of instructions though, so we just wrote Exodus/One Ocean on some tape and left it on the bags. Since we weren’t confident about this process, we…
Ushuaia, Argentina, South America I got up this morning and had breakfast at the hostel, packed up my stuff and headed out around 11am. I had to get a taxi to the bus terminal, and then a local bus from Puerto Madryn station over to the Trelew Airport. It was a 45 minute ride, and got me there exactly two hours before my flight. Perfect timing. I was keeping an eye on Ryan’s flights today too and everything seemed to…
Puerto Madryn, Argentina, South America I had talked to Gaston from the hostel yesterday about my different options for today, but after I told him that I had been to the Galapagos Islands and I’m on my way to Antarctica, he recommended that I just chill by the beach today. The main things to do in Puerto Madryn are to see whales, penguins, sea lions and dolphins. I’ve already seen sea lions, and I’m going to see whales and penguins…
Puerto Madryn, Argentina, South America I arrived in Puerto Madryn at 8am today, just about an hour delayed. I was recommended to get a taxi to Hi Patagonia Hostel, but I really felt like taking a walk, so I took the 30 minute walk down to the hostel. It felt like an abandoned town, and then I realized that it’s Sunday, so all Chilean and Argentinian towns shut down on a Sunday. There was nothing open, and no one in…
Bariloche, Argentina, South America I spent the morning walking around Bariloche and checking out what the town had to offer. It’s really touristy, a lot of shops, bars and cafes, but it was really nice. I got a bus over to the base of Cerro Otto, and got the cable car to the top of the mountain. It was a beautiful view from the top, and you could see all the mountains and lakes surrounding Bariloche. I spent about an…
Bariloche, Argentina, South America I had an awesome day outside of Bariloche today! I got up and head breakfast at the hostel. It wasn’t much, just bread with jam and hot chocolate, but it was better than nothing. I went to the grocery store and picked up some fruit and a sandwich for lunch, and then headed down to the bus stop. I had to have a plastic bus card, but luckily they had one at the hostel I could…
Bariloche, Argentina, South America I ended up being on the bus a lot longer than I had expected to today. The tire ended up taking over four hours to change, so instead of getting into Bariloche at 2:30pm, we got in at 6:30pm, making it a 22 hour bus ride. Not as fun as it sounds. The ride was okay. It was a pretty comfortable bus, and I had a seat without another seat next to me, so I was…
Mendoza, Argentina, South America I had a nice day in Mendoza today, and then met up with a friend before getting on another bus. I checked out of my hostel at 10:30am, after they shouted at me to check out at 10am, even though booking.com showed that I could check out at 10:30am. I hate it when hostels don’t even know what they put on their own websites. Get with the program! So I checked out at 10:30am, like I…