Day 25 Roald amundsen

Today we sit and watch the ocean. We are currently sailing somewhere between the Falkland island and the South American continent.

We will travel through the Magellan strait overnight and hopefully arrive in Punta Arenas by 6am.

At this stage we will be disembarking and I truly hope that doesn’t change.

Since finding out this morning that we will all be self isolating on arrival home, there has been a certain change in atmosphere on board. 

There is a definite element of anxiety amongst many of our conference colleagues as they try organise there practices and sort their patients out.

Anyhoo, Covid-19 aside, what an epic adventure we have had.

Atacama desert, let’s remember the extraordinary size and landscape of that area.

Our week in the capital, Santiago.

 Everyday was an adventure we walked everywhere during the day and caught the subway home at night.

The areas that looked like war zones and not far away gorgeous leafy suburbs.

And then a couple of weeks travel through the Antarctic peninsula. 

The daily landings and everyday being a highlight.

Kayaking with whales and icebergs.

Falkland Islands, we headed begrudgingly to as no one wanted to leave Antarctica.

Well what a surprise.

Stanley was fun and quirky and the islands ( Saunders and New ) were nothing short of sensational. 

They were isolated, rugged and such an experience.

Up very close and personal with so much wildlife especially those fabulous penguins.

This afternoon we have been invited by the chief engineer to check out the engine room!!!

How exciting

All going well, we will board a flight to Australia in the early hours of Wednesday morning( our time) and be home Thursday. 

I hope you have enjoyed reading our musings and we look forward to catching up soon. 

When we are out of quarantine that is.xx