Having arrived in Puerto Natales, with Lissette (the Dutch woman from the Spanish class), we decided to do the W trek around the park. There are quite a few treks around the park taking from 2 days up to 8 days and they all have different names, the W is a 5 day trek. Having decided on this we then had to go out and rent camping gear, stove, and all the other accessories, plus buy 5 days worth of food to take with us. I think Donna and I were a bit niave her...

So, after our boat trip we were back in Ushuaia and decided to book onto a Spanish course. We went for 20hr week intensive course and boy was it just that, we even had to do homework, which is something we hadn't done since our college/university days. We also decided to book into the B&B that was associated with the school so that we might be able to practice with the other students. The guy who owned the B&B picked us up on the Sunday night and he started ...

Hi, We are now back from Antarctica and all we can say is that it far exceeded our expectations. The views, wildlife and experiences were fantastic, this will be a trip that we will never forget. We can't really put into words how brilliant it was, just look at the photo's. We will write down our journey based on the final intinerary we were given by the expedition staff. Day1 - 3 On the 1st day we were taken from our hotel and driven to Ushuaia Natio...

So we are here in Rio Gallegos, with to tell you the truth not alot to do really. Arrived on Sunday and stuck here for five days as couldn't get a bus to Ushuaia till Friday which is a bit of a b***** as we are cutting it fine for the Antartica trip. So please everyone pray we get on that boat on time!!! Have been having lots of lay ins and just taking it easy really, which has been the first time in two months. Went and saw some penguins again!!!!!!!! ...

As we seem to be waiting for buses a lot these days we've decided to keep the site up to date more than we have in the past. Arrived, absoloutely knackered, yesterday morning after a very tiring 6hr bus ride (we left Comodoro at 12midnight and got here at 6 in the morning without any sleep). Thinking we would just be able to find a room and flake out we went to the nearest Hotel, which was full, and so was the next one and the next one, s***!!!! Spent the ne...