Wed 11 Nov. In the air. We have booked business seats on Aerolineas Argentinas and have access to the lounge when we arrive about 8pm for our flight. It reminds of Coolangatta airport facilities but we have a ham and cheese sandwich with a glass of wine and the toilets are clean. The lounges are so low we have trouble getting up from them - great for the young, fit and people with shorter legs than ours. We feel we are on a movie set with the people around...

Wed 11 Nov. In the air. We have booked business seats on Aerolineas Argentinas and have access to the lounge when we arrive about 8pm for our flight. It reminds of Coolangatta airport facilities but we have a ham and cheese sandwich with a glass of wine and the toilets are clean. The lounges are so low we have trouble getting up from them - great for the young, fit and people with shorter legs than ours. We feel we are on a movie set with the people around...

Wed 4 Nov. At Sea. Housekeeping day with only a few days left to get laundry done, collect passports and check forward bookings. John and Margaret have champagne on ice and are ordering up the canapes for a little farewell drink with Phil, Carol and ourselves. We will share pictures and laughs. Thur 5 Nov Punta del Este, Uruguay. A sleepy town on the River Plate at this time of year. The River Plate or Rio de la Plata, has the biggest estuary in the ...

Thurs 22 Oct General St Martin, Peru, in the Attaca Desert is our alternative port. There are a number of excursions (sea life on the Baleros Islands; sand buggy riding in the desert; Inca ruins and lunch in a hacienda; visit to a red sand beach) planned but we decide to take a shuttle to the very small village. As we manoeuvre to berth about 6.30am there is the opportunity to view "The Candelabra", a geolith dug by man about 200 AD and the lines marked with ...

Thurs 22 Oct General St Martin, Peru, in the Attaca Desert is our alternative port. There are a number of excursions (sea life on the Baleros Islands; sand buggy riding in the desert; Inca ruins and lunch in a hacienda; visit to a red sand beach) planned but we decide to take a shuttle to the very small village. As we manoeuvre to berth about 6.30am there is the opportunity to view "The Candelabra", a geolith dug by man about 200 AD and the lines marked with ...