Buying snow boots and testing them on the snowy streets of Quebec City.
30.12.11
December 31, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, Quebec City, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Braving the cold (-17 C!) to visit Canada’s parliament building.
29.12.11
December 30, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, Ottawa, The Big Trip, View | 2 Comments
Getting lost in Toronto’s PATH system of underground walkways to find some Inuit Art…plus packing and getting ready to leave Toronto tomorrow!
27.12.11
December 28, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, Culture, The Big Trip, Toronto, View | 1 Comment
A trip to Niagara Falls – beautiful, but it’s no Iguazu (see days 310 and 311).
26.12.11
December 28, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, Niagara Falls, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Christmas Eve wanderings in Toronto’s Distillery District.
24.12.11
December 26, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, The Big Trip, Toronto, View | 1 Comment
A trip up the CN Tower and some sad news from home.
23.12.11
December 24, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, The Big Trip, Toronto, View | 1 Comment
Ice skating in Nathan Phillips Square!
22.12.11
December 23, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, Ice skating, The Big Trip, Toronto, View | 2 Comments
On hearing our flight was finally confirmed for the evening, we escaped for a day trip to Santiago!
20.12.11
December 22, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Chile, People, Santiago, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Stranded in a hotel in Santiago waiting to hear when we can leave for Canada…and never hearing.
19.12.11
December 20, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Chile, Santiago, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
We thought we were on our way to Canada, but we only made it as far as Chile…
18.12.11
December 19, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Journey, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
El Calafate lakeside. Work in progress.
16.12.11
December 16, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, El Calafate, People, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Trekking on Glaciar Perito Moreno (one of very few advancing glaciars in the world).
14.12.11
December 14, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, El Calafate, Glaciar Perito Moreno, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Next stop, El Calafate!
13.12.11
December 13, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, Journey, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Hiking to Glaciar Martial.
12.12.11
December 13, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, Glaciar Martial, The Big Trip, Ushuaia, View | 1 Comment
Wishing we were back on the boat.
10.12.11
December 12, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, People, The Big Trip, Ushuaia, View | 1 Comment
Drinking whiskey overlooking Paradise Bay (and posting postcards from home soil at a British Base).
06.12.11
December 10, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Antarctica, Drink, Paradise Bay, People, The Big Trip, View | 2 Comments
A zodiac ride through blue iceburgs galore, followed by the ship crushing through pancake ice.
05.12.11
December 10, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Antarctica, Iceburg, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Gentoo penguins, blue iceburgs and trekking on the Antarctic continent!
04.12.11
December 10, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Animal, Antarctica, Cuverville Island, The Big Trip, View | 2 Comments
Land ahoy! (after about 36 hours of none…)
03.12.11
December 10, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Antarctica, Drake Passage, Journey, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
No land and no horizon, so a lot of sea sick people (but luckily not me!)
02.12.11
December 10, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Antarctica, Drake Passage, Journey, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Checking out the harbour ready to board our ship to Antarctica this afternoon, yikes!
01.12.11
December 1, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, The Big Trip, Ushuaia, View | 1 Comment
Exploring Ushuaia, the most southern city in the world.
29.11.11
December 1, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, The Big Trip, Ushuaia, View | 1 Comment
Getting on and off a bus all day on our journey to the end of the world: 2 border crossings, a ferry, a transfer and a breakdown. (Maybe this is why you can’t do this journey overnight…?!)
28.11.11
November 29, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, Journey, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
Well, if nothing else, Rio Gallegos does have a good sky.
27.11.11
November 29, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Argentina, Rio Gallegos, The Big Trip, View | 1 Comment
My 365 Photo Challenge 