Position – 62o 10’S/ 58o 30′ W Location – Near Henry Arctowski Polish Station, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, ANTARCTICA Weather – Windy and cold Date – 13th November 2010 Time – 8.45 pm Wind Speed – 35 knots Temperature – 0 degrees the water, 10 degrees outside Admiralty Bay and the Read more about The Antarctica🇦🇶”Carryout”: Having A Beer On King George Island[…]
My fascination with ferries (and boats in general) hasn’t waned. The fascination began in childhood when we would have our family holidays on mainland UK. This meant getting in the car and getting the car ferry from Northern Ireland over to Scotland. Something we did manys a time. I loved travel from an early age. Read more about World Borders: Taking The Interislander Ferry From Picton (South Island) to Wellington (North Island), New Zealand[…]
Bus journeys become such a common aspect of travel, I’ve been on a bus in almost every country I’ve been to. To some people, bus journeys are boring and uninspiring. I enjoy them as a way to see the world from the quiet comfort of a window. As well as getting an onboard flavour for Read more about Backpacking in Uruguay: Bus Back to Montevideo[…]
As bus journeys in foreign lands go, this was one of the easiest and most pleasant. Living some kind of dream on the Uruguayan south coast, I left Montevideo to head east for a few days to check out the trendy seaside resort of Punta Del Este. It is well recommended, and only time and Read more about Backpacking in Uruguay: The Point of The East – Montevideo to Punta Del Este[…]
Named due to its shape, the eloquent Elephant Island leant its tusks to us just before we packed our Antarctic trunks and headed north again. This, then was the final part of my amazing Antarctic journey. A sadness and happiness filled the freshest air I’d ever breathed as we pulled into the windy Point Wild. Read more about Backpacking In Antarctica🇦🇶:Point Wild, Elephant Island[…]
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[…]