We finished the packing yesterday so there was a fair whack of chilling out by the time Friday dawned. We watched movies, we limited movement for my sake and ate a lot of takeaway in the cabin - thanks be for Fredheim's fried rice and chicken satay. Saturday proved to be much more agreeable as the captain had gently diverted us further north as we crossed the Drake, keeping us ahead of the weather front moving through. We definitely missed the worst of it due t...

Sometimes four days can snap by in minutes - sometimes it feels like months. In this case it's arguable. There was a lot of busy busy, then a fair bit of hurry up and wait. With a solid dose of utter misery and a doctor's visit thrown in for good measure. Big four days. Huge. We, and our veritable shed load of luggage, taxied over to the Hilton Buenos Aires around 11.30 am on 12 Jan, We did the checkin paperwork, left all four pieces of big luggage with the p...