We arrived at Stanley on the Falkland Islands at 06:00 after a stormy overnight voyage. It is possible that we went into a bay for shelter before arrival offshore in light winds. Transfer to the town was by ship’s tender. The islands were discovered by the Portuguese in the 16th century but it was the …
Overnight and throughout the day we have continued our journey to the Falkland Islands. At 08:30 we had reached 45° S 56° W and by 20:30 were at 49° S 57° W with about 130 miles left to travel. This morning we had a steely grey sea and waves with white tops, a wind of …
Today has been a “day at sea” when we made progress towards the Falkland Islands. The weather was good with a slight chop and we followed a direct course of 185 degrees towards (Port) Stanley. It will take another day to get there. During the afternoon we were under the influence of a high pressure …
We arrived in Montevideo at 7:30 a.m. having travelled 142 nautical miles from Buenos Aires and docked at the end of the market square. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay, one of the smallest countries in South America. Around the size of England and Wales the country has a population of some 3 million. The …
We had a relaxing day on board and departed Buenos Aires around 6:00 p.m. and entered the River Plate. This giant estuary is at the confluence of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. The estuary is the widest in the world at 140 miles with a length of 180 miles. The Paraná is one of the …
Before leaving Buenos Aires we walked across the road from the hotel to investigate the Retiro Main Railway Station. It is a late 19th century building with Spanish influence and a wrought iron roof reminiscent of many in the UK. This is a main line station with modern multiple unit trains. Next door, however, was …
Our arrival in Buenos Aires was delayed a little because of an aeroplane change in London. We flew on a bigger version of the Boeing 777. Our disembarkation was even further delayed because of an illness being experienced by a passenger at the very front of our section of the aircraft. Masked medics attended the …
Our journey of 7,000 miles to Buenos Aires to rendezvous with the ship that will take us to Cape Horn and beyond began in a sunny Manchester with a change of planes at rainy London Heathrow. The late evening departure gave us a dining and aeroplane watching opportunity from our restaurant table.
Our next adventure will begin shortly! Keep looking.
After a lazy morning we were taken to the airport for our flight back to London Heathrow. We stayed in a hotel near the airport having travelled over 10,000 km by air for the once in a lifetime opportunity to sail 600 miles on the navigable section of the River Nile. This was so memorable, …