South Georgia Islands

white penguin - not albino since some color

 Day 1

First Stop-Grytviken

It is a former whaling settlement.  It was in existence from 1902 to 1966.  It was the first of six and the last of the whaling settlements in South Georgia.  Before it was a whaling settlement, it was used by individuals for seal hunting and processing.  The seal hunters left their huge pots behind (think witches' cauldron) and in Swedish Grytviken means pot bay.  Now it is a historical site and an area full of fur seals with some penguins too.  There is a choice for a hike, so Linda and I send the men on that and take the chance to explore the old settlement.

Falkland Islands

West Falkland Islands of Saunders and West Point (day 1)

After a day at sea where we learned all the rules for stepping foot on land in this part of the world and welcome talks, we are ready to make out first “ports”.  I put ports in quotation marks because we did not have  a wharf or pier to step out onto but rather we did wet landings in the zodiacs.  So glad for waterproof pants and boots!

Iguazu Falls

Our first glimpse seemed big until we traveled further

Our next leg of this adventure takes us to Iguazu, Argentina to visit the Iguazu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site.   

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is not a city that is on the radar of a place to visit for many people.  From the little time we spent there, I would recommend visiting it.  The photo above is technically one street and is the widest in the world and oh you can barely see the bottom 3 lanes in the photo.  Our hotel was on the street and this is a photo from our room.  Now it is a long flight going south to get to Buenos Aires as in 9 hours from Atlanta, but not as much of a time change as in flying to Europe.  Our flight arrived in the morning and by afternoon we were ready to explore some.  By chance, our hotel was a block away from their opera house.  I should back up here for a minute.