Thanksgiving Day Our two American crew start the day wishing each other ‘Happy Thanksgiving!’.  A cause for celebration…but no, not entirely for today…

Day 7 and we are falling onto the rhythm of shipboard life.  The weather has not been as kind as it might have…

After a morning of last minute activity: filling water and fuel, we take the pilot on board and execute a perfect spring from…

Monday 14th November and I bade farewell to Piriapolis and, with my lovely hosts, we headed down a scorching road to Montevideo and…

Piriapolis is an interesting resort for South America in that it faces west.  Most places on the Atlantic coast of South America face…

As you read this I shall still be at sea, although I know not where…!  Suffice to say it will be quite chilly,…

After the craziness of Buenos Aires, the ferry to Colonia in Uruguay, an hour across the Ria del Plata, was  a sort of cross…

After 4 days in Buenos Aires, I couldn’t get that song out of my head.  The first day was spent ambling around Recoleta,…

Argentina – Buenos Aires Arriving from the UK at 9am on a metal tube filled with the fellow sleep-deprived, Buenos Aires was something…