FUN-travel: Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 1
March 7, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Argentina
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Easter Island
- B – 5 am wakeup
- 6:00 – taxi to airport in town $16
- 6:20 – arrive for 8:45 flight
- B – more hurry up & wait
- A – chartered flight on time
- B – no hot food – just crackers & chocolate covered wafers – should have gotten something @ airport
- 12:10 – arrive to blue skies, high clouds & snow capped mountains
- A – small easy airport
- A – spectacularly beautiful day
- 1:00 – lunch – bus to Patagonia Mia – empanadas – carrot, potato, tomato salad – BBQ goat – Santelmo wine
- 3:00 – arrive ship
- C – upgraded to bigger cabin (refurbishing in progress)
- 3:15 – walk into town for souvenirs
- 4:00 – make nail & massage appts
- C – 2 washer/dryers – do laundry
- 6:45 – sail away on outside deck 6
- 7:30 – dinner – only 1 dining room – order from menu – food & wine just so-so – had greater expectation
- C – 9:30 – Panorama bar – Alfredo on piano VG
FF – (FUN-fact) – Puerto Williams is the southernmost town in the world.
Puerto Williams