Almost-World-Cruise 2009
In case you're wondering why we haven't written anything here recently, it's because we've been on a long journey ("...and we still have, so far to travel"). At the beginning of February, we flew from Tucson down to Buenos Aires, spent a few days with friends there, then continued to Usuaia, near the bottom of South America (Patagonia). From there we boarded the MV Discovery, and stayed on it until April 26th. Three days in Istanbul then flights (totaling 26 hours...) back to Arizona. At left is but one of the amazing sites we visited -- Petra, in Jordan.
We're finishing up the
extended blog of the experience on our travel website. Check it out.
Labels: Antartica, MVdiscovery, travel
Happy New Year -- 2009
Thought that for once, I'd write about something
prior to it happening. It's easier when you can pretty much predict a New Year's Eve where you'll eat wicked food, drink too much, and struggle to stay awake until midnight. So, in advance, "Happy New Year".
We've got a busy year planned. We leave for Buenos Aires at the beginning of February, and start a cruise about a week later from Ushuaia Patagonia, on a three month cruise. The cruise will take us from to Antartica to Istanbul, via the east coast of Africa and the west coast of India. The complete itinerary is
here.
After we return from Turkey, we'll spend about 3 weeks back in Tucson before heading up to British Columbia for the summer. That takes us to October, which can still be pretty toasty as Vancouver starts to chill. We're missing our favorite southeast Asia, Thailand in particular, so winter there is a possibility. Haven't really discussed it.
Oh, and the cruise costs us nothing (we pay for on-board alcohol but at a discounted rate). They even provide the airfare. We're traveling as Technology Lecturers, and we'll help the cruise line in their Internet Centre.
Watch the blog for our continued adventures. We'll probably do a full series of pages on our website for this tour, like the
last one.
Labels: Africa, Antartica, Cruising, India, Middle East, Patagonia
