 | Vagamundo 361°TRAVELOGUE and PHOTOGRAPHY |
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48h after „Being back“ / Anniversary Journey I´ve been longing to be back in Argentina for so much time, that I really cried some tears of joy after finally having arrived and reaching my destination for the next weeks, a friends place, a lovely “Altbau” apartment in Palermo. Got in with the most wonderful summer . . . → Read On: Back in Buenos Aires Nur ein Fussballspiel Einmal ein Spiel der Boca Juniors in ihrem Heimatstadion Bombonera miterleben. Das hatte ich mir fest vorgenommen, seit ich bei meinem letzten Besuch in Buenos Aires vor einem Jahr im Stadion der Rivalen River Plate gewesen war. Ich hatte in einem Bericht gelesen, dass in dem Stadion eine ganz besondere Stimmung . . . → Read On: Nur ein Fussballspiel (Boca Juniors) Last Day in Antarctica Not last day on the ship though. From 10 full days on the ship we will in the end have spent 5 in the Drake Passage, flipping around. Antarctica is far away and you have to make efforts, and from my point of view it can stay like this always. Today . . . → Read On: Antarctica, Penguin Island, Arctowski After a quite exhausting day yesterday 😉 with hiking bathing and sauna today we could sleep in today, as with grey weather we entered and sailed into the Antarctic Sound (named after the expedition ship Antarctic). Around noon everyone was on the bridge and we always went out and back in again (freezing!) to take . . . → Read On: Antarctica, Antarctic Sound, Iceberg Alley, Devil Island 1 Day Floating in the Middle of a Vulcano Crater Over night there was strong snowfall, so we were slow and our Captain and crew on the bridge sailed us carefully through the night. Therefore we were later to our destination and enjoyed a long late breakfast at the big table, with new interesting stories . . . → Read On: Antarctica, Deception Island 6.30m sunrise brightly shouting, not shining, in sun(flower)yellow, into my cabin window (iss a window, not a porthole). Up and through the Lemaire Channel, the famous. Morning landing at the Ukrainean station Vernadsky, formerly the British Station Faraday. When the Brits wanted to close it down they sold it to the Uk´s for 1GBP. And . . . → Read On: Antarctica, Lemaire Channel, Vernadsky, Port Lockroy, Neko  Comments are closed  Antarctica 2009  antarctica, antarktis, faraday, lemaire, neko, port lockroy, vernadsky We stepped on an Antarctic Island today: Cuverville, situated 64° 41´S / 62° 38`W, in between Rongé Island situated in the Gerlache Strait and the mainland. The island is home of about max. 20.000 Gentoo Penguins, a pity I cannot send a photo of the smell with this ;). It was a wonderful (first) landing: . . . → Read On: Antarctica, Cuverville Island, Neko Harbour and Paradise Bay Comments are closed Antarctica 2009 antarctica, antarktis, cuverville island, neko harbour, paradise bay Lines off 6.30pm in Ushuaia on Monday. Alive again at 9am on Wednesday. What had happened in between? A wonderful panorama of Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel when upon departure made us all very happy, as well as J´s fantastic Welcome Dinner, a dream. After that we peacefully went to sleep, and around midnight the . . . → Read On: Antarctica, Crossing the Drake Passage 3. Tag in VGB, wie ich es genannt habe, nur um dann festzustellen, dass diese Abkuerzung sogar auf Ortsbeschilderungen gedruckt ist! Und hoechste Zeit, endlich die Eindruecke niederzuschreiben, bevor einiges zu bekannt und gewohnt wird, in diesem speziellen Ort. Zuerst: ich befinde mich in einem Pionierort, nach Info im Lonely Planet auch danach ausgesucht. Ein . . . → Read On: Villa General Belgrano Ich sitze in JUJUY (die „j“ ausgesprochen wie ch=kuCHen) und gleich Stunde bewege ich mich zum Busbahnhof. Von da gehts um 20h nach Guemes, einem Bus-Hub, von wo es dann um 22.20 nach CORDOBA geht, wieder per Bus/ „coche semi-cama“, dh. wie als First Class Lufthansa, und das fuer nur 15 Euro! Ankunft morgen um . . . → Read On: Jujuy |