Today is the end of the first leg of our cruise- we went from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia and will go from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas for the second leg. It is almost the same route but not quite. We go thru the same channel where we saw lots of whales and fur seals and I sure hope we get to see them again. The stop to see penguins on the first leg was changed because the penguins had already migrated away. This leg we plan to stop at Isla Magdalena to see Magellanic Penguins. I took an excursion to that island before the first leg and saw many penguins. I hope they are still there and we stop.
We stopped near Ushuaia and the Argentina immigration officials boarded the ship to complete the customs formalities. We arrive at the pier about midnight.
Tibor left the ship to walk around the hills outside Ushuaia while I stayed on board to organize photos. After a nice lunch on board I left the ship and walked around town for an hour or so. Once it started snowing I headed back to the ship. I had to bypass the sign & chain that said boarding wasn’t until 18:00 but they let me on and were happy to see me.
The new passengers arrived on-board about 6pm, we have the welcome toast at 7pm, we depart at 7:45pm and have dinner at 8:15pm.
We really enjoyed our table mates on the first leg. There were 2 couples and both couples were from the UK.
