CRUISING ANTARCTICA

A trip from January 07, 2008 to January 28, 2008

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Mon 01/07/08 (day 1)

GETTING READY TO GO

We had long wanted to go around the Cape of South America, and one day a brochure arrives from Princess Cruise Lines (Our Favorite line) with an outstanding price for a 16 day rountrip cruise out of Buenos Aires. After many conversations with our travel agent (Sheryl @ Go Travel) we finally booked the cruise and the airfare to go with it. The airfare became the most challengeing, because to get a half way decent rate to Buenos Aires, we have to travel from Tampa Bay to Chicago and then onto Buenos Aires (an 11 hour flight). We have a 5 hour layover in Chicago but at least it gives us time to get between terminals and hopefully enough time for our luggage to get transferred. We decided to go in a day early both to enjoy Buenos Aires and to make sure we are they early enough so we don't miss the start of the cruise. We have reservations at the Claridge Hotel there, and they also will pick us up at the airport. Now one of the challenges of this cruise, of course it is summer there now, but gets very cold both in the ports around the cape and the Falkland Islands, so we have to pack with hot (Buenos Aires & Montevideo) and cold (around the cape) clothes. After searching thru the closets we finally came up with enough different clothes to fill the bill. We are going to Tampa on Monday and staying the night there so we have a place to leave the car and also a shuttle early on Tuesday to the Airport for the start of our journey.
We will add at least a journal entry on a somewhat daily basis (I hope) but probably will have a difficult time of uploading the pictures until we return home. Even tho we can add to the journal aboard the Star Princess, the internet connection is very slow, and will take forever to upload the pictures, but every opportunity that we get to upload we will, and will complete the picture portion of the trip when we return home.

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PaigeL (View PaigeL's trips)

WOW -- I'm so jealous. Sounds like so much fun. Can't wait to see the photos. Have a great time!

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PaigeL (View PaigeL's trips)

It's really great to hear about what's going on all the way down there!! Would you be upside down to me if I saw you! :-) he he
looking forward to having you here next month and to see all the photos and video. Luv paige

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Keith G (View Keith G's trips)

I really enjoyed reading your journal on this trip. We will be leaving for the same trip, same ship, etc the 16th of this month. You have given me a real heads-up on what to look for. Hope we are as lucky as you weatherwise. Keith G

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Robert (View Robert's trips)

Great trip! Your pictures are super, and we enjoyed the commentary.

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Jian (View Jian's trips)

Really very fun!I love the holy grassland,the cowboy flying on it,with a whip in hand.when swang,the whip send out a long whistle that seems it can reach the horizon.It the right leazy place for cityrunners

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lilmissy (View lilmissy's trips)

Love all the pic's! I would love to go there!

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A Yahoo! Contributor

Makes me think of Endurance, Shackelton & Wilkes

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A Yahoo! Contributor

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