Our Antarctica adventure certainly wasn’t without drama and incident, and unfortunately we had a minor accident on our trip. We had arrived back on our ship and were in and around King George Island in the South Shetland Islands when we had an emergency. I am well used to understanding emergencies on board boats, having Read more about Backpacking In Antarctica🇦🇶: John and Scobie Go “Swimming” At Admiralty Bay[…]
Where – Half Moon Island, Antarctica Geographic Location – 62o35’S 59o55’W Weather – Sunny and Snowy Temperature – Hot and Cold Date – 13th November 2010 Somebody (and I’m not sure who) once described parts of Antarctica as “it’s like walking on the moon”, whether they really knew what walking on the moon was like, Read more about Standing On The Moon🌙: Half Moon Island, Antarctica🇦🇶[…]
The Antarctica trip just kept getting better and bizarrier (that’s probably not even a real word, but it will do) and more diverse. After a fun filled morning which involved steering our boat through the narrow “Neptunes Bellows” (the slim entrance into the centre of the “C” shaped Deception Island), docking at Whaler’s Bay, seeing Read more about Calling At Telefon📞Bay, Deception Island⚫⚪, Antarctica🇦🇶: “It’s Black; It’s White”[…]
I made a habit of getting night buses while in Bolivia. Not only does it save time travelling between places, but it also saves a night’s accomodation, which to be fair, in Uyuni is hardly going to be a big deal, it costs about 2 pounds a night for a bed. Potosi is the world’s Read more about Backpacking in Bolivia: Potosi to Uyuni By Bus[…]
It was a funny old day and in the end a well worthwhile trip. Morning began for me with a 6am start in Loki Hostel, La Paz. This meant I would miss the free breakfast that day, as it doesn’t start until 7am. I got a sharp taxi ordered from hostel to bus station (I Read more about A Slow Bus To Cuzco[…]
This was one of the surprises of my recent travels. Not expecting much from Paraguay and actually using it as a mere stepping stone to get from Uruguay to Argentina to Brazil and then onwards to Bolivia. Somehow sandwiched Paraguay threw up some interesting experiences, none more so than this special bus journey as the Read more about Rural Paraguay By Bus[…]
It’s not the same sort of “window” we are used to, but this particular landmark was another of those amazing experiences on the world’s coldest continent Antarctica. The walk from the main bay at Whaler’s Bay was cold and windy, but the air was so fresh. I walked with Russell, Rodrigo and Craig. Read more about Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Neptune’s Window, Deception Island[…]
Position – 62o 59’S/60o 34′ W Location – Whaler’s Bay, Port Foster, Deception Island, ANTARCTICA Temperature – Baltic Wind – Strong and severe Weather Conditions – Cold, windy, dry Date – Friday 12th November 2010 Time – 9.02 am An active volcano, a magical island and an ex whaling station lay in store for us Read more about Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Whaler’s Bay, Deception Island🐋[…]