Monday, February 3, 2025
This morning, January 15th, we relaxed a little and packed our bags again for a change in location. Included in our expedition package with Polar Latitudes were two nights at the lovely Arakur Hotel which is perched on the mountain above Ushuaia. Beautiful setting. Beautiful views looking down on the city. Great hotel staff. We spent some time getting settled in, and touring the facility, then took the shuttle back downtown to do a little tourist shopping, getting some additional pictures and walking along the shore of the bay. Back at the shuttle stop, Donna struck up a conversation with a gentleman wearing a Polar Latitudes puffy jacket. We asked him if he was with Polar Latitudes, and he said yes and after a few more minutes Donna asked him what he did at Polar Latitudes. He was the CEO. He was going to be on our ship, the MS Seaventure, for our Antarctica Expedition along with his two partners. While we were all on the shuttle to the hotel he told us that the Drake passage wasn’t looking very good (too rough) and we might not be able to depart on time. They were working on some additional plans for us, not to worry.
The next morning, January 16th, after a wonderful breakfast buffet, we rode a bus to the Tierra del Fuego National Park. The bus took us to the “End of the Road” where we began our hiking back to the Visitor’s Center. The “End of the Road” is the end of the Pan American highway. The other end of the Pan American is at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska which we visited in 2014 with Barry and Donna. It was a beautiful park with nice hiking. We saw more birds we had never seen before. The weather started to get very windy and temperatures began to drop by the time we got back to the visitor’s center. It was another 22,000 step day and we were thankful for another great dinner at the hotel and our first Polar Latitudes briefing for our embarkation the next day. Going to get on the ship tomorrow!
RVing With a Purpose 