Antarctica and South America

Very rock n rolling night A couple of times there was a big rock and a few things went flying Linda got up in the night to go to the toilet. Got there and back no trouble but suddenly the boat lurched and Linda went flying and twisted her left knee. Once Heidi woke she went in search of ice for Linda's knee. A couple of announcements, breakfast was being delayed, and don’t use the vacuum toilets. Dave came around to everyone’s cabin to check if things were OK and gave everyone a packet of crackers to sustain us until a meal could be served Ended up that no meals were served in the dining room however they did bring around boiled eggs for everyone and then later on food -  bread, cheese ham, and eggs - was taken up to the bar for people to come and get. We stayed in our cabin as we had been asked to but we hadn’t realized that there was a time when films were being shown. We missed seeing Round the Cape but we got to see it afterwards. We then watched Master and Commander.  The rest

On the move back to Ushuaia now so no more off-the-boat activities  After breakfast came up to the bridge Then down in the lounge for the Seabirds of the sky lecture by Martin Followed by dogs in Antarctica by Mark Lunch... Back to the lounge for a History lecture by Gustav Then the quiz which was 3 lots of 10 Questions, seabirds, history random Antarctica facts where we formed teams - Bill, Linda, Heidi, Tejal and Anna - we called ourselves ANZ and o ur overall score was the highest so we won a Polar Pioneer Buff each, made by Wear Ocean Waste! Dinner  - Mark and Wakim joined us Mark talked to us about dog sledges in Canada and also about bears Up on the bridge after dinner The ship returned to its original direction as the direction was changed to slow us down for mealtime  Early bed before it got too bad...

Headed towards Deception Bay in the night with a bit of rock n rolling Linda felt a bit sick and didn’t go to breakfast. Bill brought tea and toast Linda went up to Bridge to stare out the front Others went to breakfast and then went up front to watch the entry through Neptune's Bellows into Deception Bay. Linda and Heidi put on their Scopolamine Patches in preparation for the Drake Passage. The ship went across the bay near to the old burnt-out Argentinian base (from an eruption and ash falling). We all alighted and went ashore via Zodiacs.  Some including Heidi and Tejal headed along the beach for a long walk/climb up a hill.  Others, including Bill and Linda went for a walk along the beach in the opposite direction. First of all checking out the warmth of the water below the volcanic gravel, having a closer look at the burnt out wrecks of the station, checking out the kelp. Came across a colony of cormorants. Walked a little bit further along the beach as the rain got a bit heav