Eva Peron balcony
Jo in Buenos Aires, Argentina
4WD trip near Ushuaia
Terra del Feugo National Park
Lake at Terra del Feugo
At Ushuaia harbour waiting to board ship
Jo on our sturdy ship
Looking back at Ushuaia
Let's go on a zodiac ride
Cute little rockhopper nesting
Masses of black browed albatross also nesting. Falkland Islands
Handsome black browed albatross
Dirty little rockhopper penguin
Gentoo Penguin race
Nesting Gentoo penguins. The one in frnt standing has an egg!
King penguin checking himself before going to the nightclub!
Sailing into Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Note the UK flag on our mast.
This was our ship after a bad storm! Falkland Islands
2 Blue whale jaw bones. Falkland Islands
Compulsory transport for Falklands residents
Fur seal in South Georgia
Stepping out for a bite to eat, Sailsbury Plain, South Georgia
Penguin feathers after molting
Grabbing a quick nap, Sailsbury Plain, South Georgia
Penguin choir, South Georgia
Walking Kiwi fruit! Or a King Penguin chick...you choose
Muuuum????
They take afternoon siesta seriously down south
Bull Elephant seal. Big, fat and ugly. Sailsbury Plain
Nasty little fur seal
Whaling station rubbish, Stromness, South Georgia
Grytviken whaling station, now a museum site. South Georgia
Grave of the intrepid Sir Shackleton, South Georgia
Elephant seal pup...sooo cute.
Gold Harbour, elephant seal resort!
mmm, do you reckon we can reach the ice?
Just a few penguins
Penguin Olympic swimming team
Mother and chicks, look closely at her feet
She's mine!
zzzzzz
Southern tip of South Georgia
Iceberg city, South Georgia
Look at the colour on the right of the ice under the water.
Drygalski Fjord and Risting glacier, South Georgia
Look at the layers of ice in this berg. This one is about 60 m high
Ready to roll over!
some gale force winds added to our fun
This iceberg is a massive 2km long! It is about 40m high.
This is simply HUGE!
The wave action got a little high! we are on the 6th deck here!
Percy the Penguin sitting outside our porthole.
Symphony in Blue
Monument to Chilean captain who rescued Shackleton's men from Elephant Island in 1911
Penguins jumping out of the water. The swim the same way as dolphins.
Penguin picnic spot...on an iceberg in the middle of nowhere!
Chinstrap...ain't he cute?
Washing off the biological evidence....they'll never know we were there! Geoff washing Rosemary's boots
Pengins and ice bits
Performing humpback. Rosemary spotted these first!
Sunset...or was it sunrise?
Inside Deception Island, a volcanic crater, looking at the exit! South Shetland Islands
T'was a tad windy as we exited Deception Island, South Shetlands
Force 11 storm....oops
Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica. This is paradise
Zodiac cruising, looking for whales. Antarctica
Can you spot the ship? Antarctica
Orca coming up for a look, Antarctica
I see you! You don't look like seal!
Iceberg art
Reflections in white
Finally in antarctica, Jo and Rosemary
Leopard seals...Mum and baby, Antarctica
Don't forget to look down to see the bottom of the bergs!
Hi ho hi ho....
It's off to work we go
Nothing like a BBQ in the snow! Antarctica
Conny making her mark after the snow fall. Antarctica
Study of zodiac in snow
Another force 11 storm, this one blew another ship onto rocks just near here.
Yay the Antarctic mainland. We went...even in a force 11 storm.
The intrepid 6 finally get to celebrate Conny's 40th on Antarctica!
Puerto Mereno Glacier
Up close...
Anyone for a hike on the glacier?
self portrait
Glacier and boardwalk
Patagonian Plain - where the glaciers used to play
View from the ranch we stayed at
Sunset with spaceship clouds
Mr Potato Head Flower
Morning tea stop
Walking down the hill across the scree slopes
Guanaco - part of the camel family
Rhea
Torres del Paine Valley
Only 45 min of uphill to go
made it! These are the Torres del Paine (or aka the towers of pain!)
yup you guessed - another glacier!
Old Pier - Puerto Natales in Chile
Busy highway to El Chalten!
Walk up the valley to the glacier you can just see in the distance
that big cloud is hiding the mountain we went to see! It is very windy here.
El Chalten
Mt FitzRoy
View from lake of the three
View from the valley!
Mt FitzRoy on a glorious day
Buenos Aires - Church the rich lady built
Plaza San Martin
Cemetery at Recoletta
yup - can't go to Beunos Aires without seeing Evita's Grave!
Art Sculpture. It opens at dawn and closes at sunset, just like a real flower!
Site of Evita's death - this used to be where the house she lived in stood
Art Hotel - our hotel in Beunos Aires
Inside the church
full of crystal and marble and gold
Palace we visited on a spanish tour!
Impressive grand hall
Wine Tasting in Calafate
The road up the valley from Salta to Cachi
Our trusty 4WD - and Jo and Nico the driver
Up a little side valley
to a colourful hill
where the cactus grow
more cactus...
looking back to where we have come - no roads today
end of the non-road and off on foot
up and onward
to here!!!
great canyon
it goes for miles
this is the ampitheatre
but no shows on today
in fact nobody else here
or here
Find our road....
made it to 4895m - wow this is high!
ever wondered where salt came from?
from here - hope we didn't drive over your salt!!!
can you count seven colours?
OK so the food isn't always steak and chips!
Bike riding to the wine and olives
This is the dam in Paraguay - the other side is Brazil
Buses in Paraguay
Markets in Paraguay
Iguassu Falls (Devils throat)
View from under Iguazzu falls!
This is the waterfall we drove into!
Rainbow
View from the top shows the extent of the falls (note some more in the distance)
This is a Coati - basically the possum of Iguazzu - it likes stealing peoples food
Cormorant eating lunch. The fish is speared on his beak and he is beating it against the rock to kill it.
Lots of butterflies but not many stay still for a photo!
Our hostel Iguassu Falls - hard to take eh!
Rio de Janerio, Brazil. View from Sugerloaf mountain towards Copacobana
Rio - Sugarloaf in the background
The specs in the clouds are hangliders - this is where we were a bit later
Lined up and ready to go
Stylish - eh!
Jo about to run off the hill
Rosemary about to head off
This is Rosemary in the sky!
Coconut by the beach
Christ the Redeemer
Ipanema beach Rio
Rio Olympic bid site
Drinks by the beach
Famous Cafe Tortoni in BA
Tango in the streets in San Telmo (BA) on a Sunday
Wharf area of BA
Jo's new car! Well, we had to get home somehow!
