Iguazu, Argentina, South America 4-5 Feb 2008
The world's widest waterfall that sit on the Argentina and Brazil border. Truly magnificent!
Iguazu, Brazil, South America
The world's widest waterfall that sit on the Argentina and Brazil border. Truly magnificent!
Ushuaia, Argentina, South America, 14-15 Jan - 3 Feb 2008
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We didn't know much about Ushuaia until we decided to go on the Antarctica trip and learned that the boat would be leaving from the port of this south most town on the planet. It is a nice small town that was initially serve as a prison, hints the museum at the old prison is a must-visit in order to understand the history of this town, it also a national park called Tierra del Fuego (Land of the Fire) National Park.
Antarctica - The last continent on earth
Some quick thoughts...
It doesn't seem that long ago that we were all excited in planning (August 2007) for our long trip to Antarctica, South America and Paris during January and February 2008. We have since returned to Hong Kong but the excitement stays. We felt a sense of achievement to have visited all 7 continents together and at the same time we felt deeply blessed. The Antarctica cruise was about wildlife, nature and history (explorers who came before us). To call it eye-opening maybe an understatement.
Antarctica is the last of the world's seven continents where Irene and I set foot together. We didn't think of it before the trip until a Cambridge student asked me if we would have been to all 7 continents after this expedition. In order to reach Antarctica, we had to go to Ushuaia (Argentina) where our cruise began. This brought us to the 6th continent on our list - South America, which is also a fascinating continent that we will return to at some point for sure.
The Antarctica trip was simply magnificent, plenty of wildlife (penguins, seals, Whales, birds, dolphins) and very impressive natural sceneries like icebergs, big sea waves and various untouched beaches. Not only was it eye opening, it made much impact on our view of life. There were 107 passengers on board of the vessel "Lyubov Orlova" (named after a Russian actress), most of our fellow travellers were retired, everyone have already travelled extensively, as one can appreciate, Antarctica is hardly a destination for beginners. Many people told us that "it is a good idea to start travelling and see the world when you are young, don't wait till your retirement".
Antarctica Itinerary
- 20080114 Monday Day -1 Buenos Aires
- 20080115 Tuesday Day 0 Buenos Aires to Ushuaia
- 20080116 Wednesday Ushuaia Day 1 of the Antarctica trip
- 20080117 Thursday Day 2 At sea heading towards the Falkland Islands.
- 20080118 Friday Day 3 Carcass Island (Falkland Islands)
- 20080119 Saturday Day 4 Stanley, East Falkland Island
Antarctica - The trip to last continent on earth, 16 Jan -3 Feb 2008
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This album contains selected photos of the Antarctica trip taken by us and our fellow travellers.
We hope this album will make you go "WOW!".