23:00 - Today is Lisa's 40th birthday. We all wished her a happy birthday at breakfast but Sunitta added a little extra. She initially asked her if she had bought a dress for her birthday (after noticing she was wearing her normal walking outfit). Lisa who would normally retaliate was I guess taken by surprise and just said 'no'. So Sunitta instead of dropping it enquired if she had brought a dress with her for the event. To you back home it might seem normal tha...

18:45 - We spent today in the Tierra del Fuego National Park. Marcelo (our guide) and his bus picked us up at 9.30. Marcelo likes a joke and spent the day kidding around (in between explaining birds and flora around us). The walk was pretty short by our normal standards...only 3 hours. On the way Sunitta picked up a new nickname: Mushroom! Toby had discussed her dietary requirements as they were providing lunch and Marcelo being Marcelo picked up on the quirkines...

22:15 - Travelling today. We were to set off at 12.30 for El Calafate airport to fly to Ushuaia...the end of the world in tierra del fuego. I got up relatively late and after packing up went for a walk with Linda, Peter, Karen and Tina towards the visitors centre. As the sky was blu I was hoping to see mount Fitzroy in its full glory. Alas, by the time we got to the opposite end of town, there was a cloud over the tip of it and it would not budge! We then took ou...