Tierra del Fuego National Park: Trekking in Ushuaia

Tierra del Fuego National Park: Trekking in Ushuaia

There is so much more to Tierra del Fuego than just a stopping point en route to Antarctica. When our trip further south was cancelled in January 2022, we were devastated but we quickly started to make the most of our time in Ushuaia, visiting penguins on Isla...
Antarctica 2022: A trip of a lifetime cancelled again

Antarctica 2022: A trip of a lifetime cancelled again

Disaster has struck, as I knew it would. Our trip to Antarctica has been cancelled for the second time. I did record my anxieties with regard to relying on other people in a previous entry and, since then, all of my concerns have come to pass. Yes, we managed to...
Pandemic Problems: Covid-19 strikes again

Pandemic Problems: Covid-19 strikes again

We’re almost two years into the pandemic now and yet Covid-19 still rears its ugly head at the most inopportune moments. We jumped the first hurdle. The PCR test we took in Dublin on Friday came back negative, allowing us to travel to Buenos Aires via London....
Antarctic Diary: Planning in a Pandemic

Antarctic Diary: Planning in a Pandemic

It’s bizarre, planning an Antarctic expedition during a global pandemic. When we first started planning this trip of a lifetime, Covid-19 wasn’t even heard of and now we’ve gone through a portion of the Greek alphabet in variants and have had almost...