antarctica Antarctica - Ushuaia and heading to the Drake Passage Antarctica - Ushuaia and heading to the Drake Passage Whew, after a day that didn't quite go as planned, I spent most of my downtime exploring a few spots in Buenos Aires that I hadn't visited yet, such as El Ateneo Grand Splendid. Since it was
2023 2023 - Antarctica Planning - Camera Edition 2023 - Antarctica Planning - Camera Edition With a bit over two weeks to go before leaving, it’s come time to finalize my photography equipment and make sure all is ready to go. I’m looking at it in three main categories: * Bag * Camera(s) and Lenses * Accessories * Processing
2023 2023 - 40 days to Antarctica Ok, it’s not actually 40 days until I’m in Antarctica, but the countdown has started for when I leave. Today I was able to see the ship I’m going on, the Ocean Endeavour, on the Webcam for Ushuaia in port a day late for it’s delivery,
2023 2023 - Norwegian Escape - New England and Canada 2023 - Norwegian Escape - New England and Canada A brief pause in Antarctica planning took me on a cruise out of New York to New England and Canada for a week of relaxation and exploration. This was booked last minute for me, only a month from sail date. I’
2023 2023 - Antarctica Planning With two and a half months before I embark on a trip to Antarctica, it’s finally starting to feel real. I’ve been dreaming of Antarctica since I was in my early 20’s and fantasizing about quitting my job to work at a station there. That never happened,
2021 Holiday Escape This will be a mostly pictorial post, I'm not going to spend much time discussing this cruise. There were some fantastic parts to be sure and overall I really enjoyed this trip, however given the port intensive nature of it and the state of the world with omicon,
2021 Grandeur of the Seas - Christmas 2021 - Planning Now that the protocols for getting into Barbados and onto the ship have been released the reality of what all needs done is setting in. It's not that there's a lot, but everything needs to be done in a fairly short timeframe, during finals week, and
2021 Adventure of the Seas - Perfect Day at CocoCay September of 2019 was the first time I went to CocoCay (and my first cruise on Royal Caribbean) and quickly fell in love with it. Despite my dislike of sand and beaches in general there was just something about this island that drew me in and made me want to
2021 Adventure of the Seas - Embarkation day Morning started a little rough, there may have been a few gin and tonics the evening before, so even though I called it a fairly early evening when I woke up I was a little under the weather. A nice shower and a bottle of water with some propel powder
travel Adventure of the Seas - Initial plans Planning has begun! This won't be my most active cruise excusion wise, two of the ports aren't offering much that interests me so I'll likely stay on the ship if we're not able to get off to walk around on our own,
travel Adventure is Back Photo by Fernando Jorge [https://unsplash.com/@fx24?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/nassau?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] A year ago if you'd asked me I'd
