Day 6: Embark Island Sky in Ushuaia
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Welcome refreshments, time to settle
in and unpack,
a safety drill and then a beautiful sail-away.
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Five days after leaving
home, during which time we had been living out of our suitcases,
we were finally able to get up close to our ship. It was a
most welcome sight. |
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Looking
back towards the entrance to the port. |
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We were
welcomed aboard by some familiar staff members and taken into the
lounge for drinks and snacks. |
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After enjoying the welcome
buffet, which wasn't that long after lunch(!), we were ready
to go to our cabin and unpack. Our baggage, last seen at
the airport, was ready and waiting for us. |
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An hour later, we had
our mandatory lifeboat drill. |
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We weren't quite sure
who these people were, but we assumed that they were the
ship's local agents and that they had probably worked with
the ship's crew over the past few months, during which time
the ship would have been in and out of this port a number
of times. The ship was now heading towards the northern
hemisphere and it would be some time before it would be
back in Argentina, hence, we assumed, the warm and quite
touching send-off. |
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We sailed at 6pm. We
were given a welcome briefing shortly afterwards. After
dinner, we had a very early night. We weren't even aware
that we had paused at Puerto Williams to formally clear
our entry into Chile and to pick up the two Chilean pilots,
who would accompany us on the rest of the voyage. |
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