Day 18: At sea in the Pacific
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At sea between Puerto Montt and
our final destination, San Antonio.
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The voyage north, towards
our final destination, continued today. We had made up some
lost time, caused by weather delays, by missing the planned
stop at Chiloé Island, but we were still running
behind schedule and, as we had feared, the planned stop
at Valdivia also had to cancelled. Even with both of the
cancelled stops, we were still going to arrive at San Antonio
at midday tomorrow instead of the planned arrival time of
7.00am, because the voyage from Puerto Montt takes 48 hours
non-stop and we had only left there at midday yesterday. |
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On the plus side, sea
conditions in the Pacific were beautiful, the weather had
really warmed up and we had a very pleasant day on board,
starting with this wonderful sunrise. |
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We got some good bird
spotting in too. |
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The route we were sailing
over a 48 hour period. |
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Another excellect afternoon
tea, keeping in the mind the special dinner planned for
this evening. |
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The day ended with a
cocktail party hosted by the captain, followed a lovely
dinner. |
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The staff on board never
fail to impress us with their excellent service. Jersey
looked after us very well throughout the trip and we could
look forward to seeing him again on our cruise around the
Azores in May! |
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| Jenny and Charles, another
very nice couple who we had travelled with before (in Iceland). |
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Hotel manager, Neill
and our excellent tour manager, Natalie. |
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Our captain, George.
Apart from being responsible for the ship, he kept us all
well informed and had plenty of entertaining stories to
share. |
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The kitchen staff were
given well deserved applause for their behind-the-scenes
work in keeping us all fed with such delicious food. |
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Eber, Damon and Conrad.
Three members of the brilliant expedition team. |
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Resident keyboard player,
Florante. |
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After dinner, we were
treated to a video presentation, by Grant, of the highlights
of the trip. Everybody loved it, especially when they saw
themselves in the video! |
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