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Rafters high five!

Week 40: Picking up the car and moving north

Back in Ushuaia! After a quick and easy flight we find ourselves back in Ushuaia, down south in Argentina where we left our car to join the Antarctica cruise. We…

April 9, 2022 Argentina, Big Trip: Americas, Destinations, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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Cannons on the Falkland coast

Week 39: Falklands & back to BA

Falkland Islands Having survived the sea days (just barely!) it is with great relief that we set foot on land again. Different from our other landings this time we actually…

April 9, 2022 Antarctica, Argentina, Big Trip: Americas, Falklands, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel for business, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

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Jason Harbour

Week 38: South Georgia

Coopers Bay & Gold harbour Braving the Scotia Sea we are getting excited early morning to go and discover South Georgia. Already from the ship, with binoculars, you can see…

April 1, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, News, South Georgia, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

Week 37: Antarctica – Our 7th Continent

Made it to the Antarctic – Half Moon Island The relief of having passed the Drake without serious puking heightens everybody’s spirit. And if there was a slither of grumpiness…

March 24, 2022 Antarctica, Big Trip: Americas, News, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

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More penguins!

Week 36: Heading south… FAR SOUTH!

Thankfully the wind backed down in the evening and thus our tent survived yet another -albeit very cold- night. We have two days of driving ahead of us to get…

March 23, 2022 Antarctica, Argentina, Big Trip: Americas, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids

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Impressive view from many angles

Week 35: The Carretera Austral & beyond!

Queulat National Park We arrived nicely on time in the area of Puyuhuapi after a small ‘closed road’-scare, and thus have all the time in the world to find a…

February 28, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Chile, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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On our way to the muelle

Week 34: Chiloe island and back to 4

Castro & Cucao Having learnt from our last night, we try to find a place to stay before we get there, and find out that is not so easy… on…

February 19, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Chile, Destinations, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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High speed through the forest!

Week 33: Puppy love & beach birthday!

Husky Farm When you have two boys in the back of your car who are mad about dogs – especially huskies – and you find out there is an actual…

February 12, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Chile, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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Made it!

Week 32: Lakes & Volcanoes

From Bullilleo to Bataviera After saying goodbye to our padel court and driving the windy road back again, we take the next gravel stretch to avoid a 35km detour via…

February 11, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Chile, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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View from above

Week 31: Properly starting our travels

What we forgot to mention is that over the weekend, the border with Argentina closed again, which was the one we planned to take for a round of Argentina before…

February 5, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Chile, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized