The health restrictions and precautions remain in place. The Captain says that there is now only a trickle of new reported cases. He thanked everyone for stepping up to the mark and especially the crew for their tireless work in ensuring we keep on top of the problem. The Health inspectors boarded at both Stanley and Ushuaia and gave credit for the precautions we are taking and for this reason allowed the ship to dock and passengers to disembark. There have been ...

It was Country and Western night last night. The activities kicked off with a Country and Western trivia. The other members of our trivia team weren't interested in this so Roisin and I slipped unnoticed alone in to Explorers Lounge and decided to play the trivia for fun hoping that no-one would recognise us as part of the know-it-alls and ask us to join their team only to find out that we are crap at music!!I did calculate that if we had put either Hank Will...

On the eve before Ushuaia, the Captain's address thanked everyone for their cooperation with regards to the code 'red’ situation and the step up in hygiene. The reported numbers of Gastric flu have remained the same so he is hopeful that things should return to normal within 36 hours.Some of the crew were taking this a little too seriously. Roisin and I carry a small thermos mug, which we fill up with either tea or coffee from time to time. On one o...

Did you see what I did with the title of this entry?? 'A chilly (Chile!) experience. Because we're in Chile and today we will be cold!!Question: When can an unpleasant experience be very pleasant? Answer: When we visited Ottway penguin colony in Punta Arenas!!Our journey began at 6:30am with breakfast in our cabin. Despite the first serving being stated as between 06:30-07:00, I stated 06:30. I also wrote 1 boiled egg and 2 toasts, as this was not an opti...

15/02/2013I was woken by a loud crash in the night. I wasn't perturbed, as I knew it was only the swell of the sea crashing against the bow. My experience in the Southern Ocean told me that. Captain McBain had warned us of the rough weather from now until midnight tonight when we once again enter sheltered water.The ship was tossing and pitching but as the Skipper had in a previous announcement convinced everyone that this was normal and nothing to be alarmed...