FUN-travel: Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 1

March 7, 2013 by  

The ABC’s of Argentina
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration

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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.

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Puerto Williams

 

 

 

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