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The End of the World: Argentina & Antarctica

Franny and I were lucky enough to spend two weeks exploring Buenos Aires, Colonia, Uruguay, Ushuaia, Argentina and finally the crown jewel, Antarctica. We learned to make our own empanadas in Buenos Aires, drank mate in Colonia and hula hooped and kayaked our way through Antarctica. Our travels were full of delicious food, Argentinian wine, penguins galore, and meeting the most wonderful people.
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Teatro Colon, the beautiful opera house in Buenos Aires.

Beautiful Buenos Aires

We arrived in Buenos Aires mid-morning and immediately hit the ground running. We were met by our energetic and fantastic guide, Jose. We very quickly felt like we had known him for years. Although we were sleep deprived after a red-eye from Houston, not to mention still reeling from the stress-inducing delayed inbound flight that nearly caused us …
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Wine tasting before our Tango show at La Ventana.

A Night on the Town: Buenos Aires Excursions

Franny and I participated in two separate evening excursions while in Buenos Aires. While in Argentina we knew we had to attend a tango show. It's practically a rite of passage. A small passenger bus picked us up in the evening, stopping at a few other hotels along the way to pick up guests, and took us to La Ventana Tango House. a fully …
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Historic quarter of Colonia, Uruguay.

A Day in Uruguay

Franny and I awoke early to meet our guide, Jose. He shuttled us off to the ferry terminal where we went through customs and waited to board the boat. I knew nothing about Colonia or really Uruguay in general, but I was very excited for the opportunity to spend a day there. The ferry ride was about an hour and a half. The ship itself was similar …
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View of Ushuaia from our horseback ride.

The End of the World: Ushuaia, Argentina

We tried to make the most of our limited time in Ushuaia. As soon as we arrived we have whisked away for a surprise adventure Franny had planned for us, an afternoon of horseback riding. I was truly delighted that we had the opportunity to ride horses, one of my favorite activities, at the end of the world. When our guide heard we were from …
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Martillo Island

The Beagle Channel & Estancia Harberton

A surprise excursion for us was our day on the Beagle Channel and the visit to Harberton Estancia. I didn’t really know what to expect, Franny didn’t really know what to expect, and so we came prepared for anything! We met at the Ushuaia port in the morning and got on our small ship of about 40 people. We left the dock and made our way …
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The Drake Passage

I’m the type to get seasick. I found this out on my honeymoon while kayaking 17 miles of the beautiful Napali Coast, most of which was spent leaning off to one side, ‘feeding the fish.' One would think I would have learned my lesson and signing up for a voyage that crossed the most intense waterway in the world, not once, but …
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Aboard the Akademik Ioffe

With the exception of our Drake crossing days, our daily schedule on the Akademik Ioffe looked fairly similar each day.

We usually followed a schedulesimilar to this:

7:00 am - Kayaker meeting in the library

7:15 am - Smoothies with Dave

7:30 am - Breakfast Served

9:00 am - Morning excursion

12:30 pm- Lunch Served

3:00 pm - Afternoon …
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Penguins

I wasn’t sure what I would be most infatuated when visiting Antarctica, but I don’t think penguins crossed my mind as a front-runner. But once we saw them I found them totally fascinating and funny and found that I could happily sit and watch them for hours. Counting our Martillo Island excursion, we saw 4 species of penguins, King, …
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Polar Kayaking

I didn’t initially sign up for kayaking on this trip. But I’m glad I was talked into it and I was lucky enough to snag the last spot. I had done some kayaking, but I certainly had never done anything like this. One Ocean was fantastic and supplied all of the gear we could possibly need - dry suits, booties, PFDs, kayaks, paddles and my …
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