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| Antarctic golf with a penguin caddy. |
Antarctica wow, how do I say this, it was so good I am going
back. Yes that is right, 10 days of amazing scenery, people, nature and laughs.
Not enough time to process what I have seen as there was always so much to see
and do. You couldn’t go to sleep because you might miss a whale spotting and it
was light out for 22 hours of the day and one wanted to see sunset and sunrise
on the icebergs and the on goings on the bridge watching the captain and his
crew work there just wasn’t enough time for me to document what has been
happening in a blog post or my journal. If you weren’t on deck watching the
penguins swim and fly through the air or a humpback whale breaching you were in
the lecture room receiving a presentation from one of the eight or so
biologists on board to teach you about what you were seeing and then the friends
I met, god we had good times and my cheeks are still sore from laughing
continuously. The food what can I say, amazing. Backpackers are not use to
three courses meals three times a day, wow, Roger the baker and his fresh hot
bread at each meal. So on a whim and a prayer is that how it goes, no on a whim I
saw a sign listing a last minute deal I couldn’t resist and so I booked it and
I leave less than 24 hours later this time for 19 days. So in total it will be
almost a month in Antarctica. That was the last continent for me to visit and
well it appears I have started the process again. How lucky I am.
Zodiac cruises through the icebergs, spectacular, penguins squawking,
seeing a penguin chick hatch, taking the plunge into 0 – 1 degree Celsius
Antarctic water, crazy fun, what an experience. Incredible weather, being able
to hike up a mountain in my t-shirt one day, going through the roughest sea in
the world in record time, not having to puke for the expected two days because
God was on our side and made the passage smooth, therefore allowing for an early
arrival by seven hours and therefore an extra expedition to land. Hurry up and
vacuum your outer cloths so we can get into the zodiac and go to land. They
didn’t want to contaminate Antarctica with foreign seeds or plants so a good
vacuuming is in order. Seeing seals, having a barbq in Antarctic waters
surrounded by beautiful mountains and icebergs, wow what an epic adventure. I
am spoiled for sure, but my siblings have been saying that for years. So what
else is new, oh yes I am going to Antarctica for a second time. Stay tuned.
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| A Humpback Whale breaching |
The link at the bottom has about a tenth of the pictures I took, but I tried to
limit it for you, even though you could just shoot and not use the view finder
as every shot was beautiful.
PS Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the best for 2013. Christmas was different, but great, spaghetti, barbqs and Santa with an orange beard stay tuned.
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| A plunge into the Antarctic waters |
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