Four years ago when we did the around South America cruise, I hired a guide in Rio for a 2 day tour for a small group of 10. The guide, Rafa Torres who has a Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor, was excellent. We had continued to stay in touch and when I told him we were going to Buenos Aires he said he knew BA very well and would come down and give us a tour. I normally don't like to organize tours for more than 12 but since he was going to go to the exp...

Good news – I passed my gluttony exam last night. It was our 2nd formal night and I could not decide between the lobster tail and crab cake or the chateaubriand, so I changed the Boolean operator from or to and which solved the problem. I did feel it about 3 in the morning but it was worth it. We are enjoying our table with the 3 Brit couples. The ex-dock worker, Barry, is our lovable curmudgeon but is actually quite fun. Our server, Lena from the Ukraine, ...

Somehow this morning we woke up in Alaska. We spent the morning cruising down the Beagle Channel. Along the way we went by a series of five glaciers that reminded us so much of College Fiord in Alaska. The most spectacular was the Italian Glacier which dropped down a sheer cliff into the ocean. At the base were a large number of small icebergs, fortunately not too big to cause any problem. We arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina around noon. It is a city of about 80,...