20221226 Monday, December 26, 2022- Drake Passage to Ushuaia
The ship rocked quite a bit until we got into the shadow of Cape Horn. The ship did not attempt to do a scenic cruise around Cape Horn, most likely because of wind conditions, instead making a beeline for the Beagle Channel. We have been shadowing the Viking Octantis the whole way.
The room stewards had collected our waterproof pants and excursion boots yesterday, so it would not be possible to do some random Zodiac landings in Tierra del Fuego. The expedition staff did a bird trivia in the morning and a science trivia in the afternoon, both of which were low key (grade your own, no prize for the bird trivia, mimosas for the Science trivia). This was mostly a day to sort through pictures, add captions and begin thinking about how everything was going to have to be repacked into luggage tomorrow for our return flights.
We will supposedly have a 6 hour bus excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park tomorrow morning. The ship arrived at anchorage at Ushuaia at 7PM tonight. Passengers will not be getting off the ship tonight. We will be transferred by catamaran to Ushuaia for our bus tours in the morning. The ship will then be moved to the dock by the time we return from our excursions. Passenger services told John they would try to get his luggage from Ushuaia airport and deliver it to him in his stateroom so that he can pack up the clothes and supplies he had to buy in Ushuaia at the start of the trip.
The ship’s crew had a sort of farewell presentation in the Aula in place of the Daily briefing. Our Captain Maggie is the first female captain in Viking’s fleet. The kids and Ben took advantage of the fitness center and spa facilities, and we also watched some of the lectures on video that we had missed earlier in the cruise.
We hope that everyone’s return flights will be a whole lot less traumatic than our flights inbound for the cruise.
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