We are on our way to Antarctica! Our flights from Tampa to Houston and Houston to Buenos Aires were uneventful. We arrived in Buenos Aires in the early afternoon after an overnight flight. It is hard to sleep on a plane, but I did as much as possible. We checked in to the Hilton, met a few people who would be traveling with us, and got the wonderful news that we had to be on the bus at 4:10 AM.
We decided that an early dinner made sense, so we walked down the street and had empanadas, an Argentine half moon shaped pastry filled with meat and potatoes and 2 small bottles of water. The bill came to 5100 Argentine money. I am afraid to look up the exchange rate.
Breakfast was a buffet at 3:30, then off to the airport. The trip to the "in-town" airport was in the dark, but there was still a lot of traffic.
By the time we boarded the charter flight (1 of 3 to get everyone to Ushia) it was light. The southern part of Argentina is very mountainous.
We boarded the ship, the Viking Octantus and spent the rest of the day trying to find our way around.
More later when I figure how to get pictures off my phone.
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