Winding down from Antarctica/Falklands/Patagonia

We're in Buenos Aires now, with various members of our party starting to split off. Some have flights out tonight to Peru, some are leaving tomorrow for Iguazu, and some of us are flying home to Australia tomorrow afternoon. I've got lots of material to post about next week, but this is just a quick note to say this is the end of the daily updates for now. After the travel slog has finished and any jet lag done away with (early next week) we'll be back in business.

The expedition has been great! We got to spend lots of time in amazing locations, and we all learnt a lot about photography while we were there, from basic camera technique through Lightroom processing to stitching huge panoramas in Photoshop. Thanks to Aurora Expeditions for helping us put this together!

Time to get back to work (travel) now. Home here we come!
(Except for those lucky people with weeks more to travel of course.)

Day 21: Puerto Deseado and northward

This morning's been a day for relaxation or for exploring the town. It's Saturday morning and it's a quiet little town, but at least it has banks and shops, and they seem very pleased to see us and our tourist pesos. The ship's bar has even managed to buy some more chips! (we seem to go through a lot)

Having come here straight from the Falklands it's a little strange at times, as this was a major supply base in the Malvinas war. But hopefully we've managed to avoid offending too many people. Anyway, not much more time to use this WiFi connection, so here's just one photo from last week. It's a pair of Southern Sea Lions lounging in the grass on Barren Island.

Day 19: Sea day

Quiet day today, with dolphins and seabirds, and lectures on albatrosses and on making panoramic photos.

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Short message posted via satellite, sent from 48.44853S 65.16822W (Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean)

Day 18: Steeple Jason

Today's landing: Gentoos and the world's largest Black-browed colony. Now, Patagonia here we come!

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Short message posted via satellite, sent from 51.0411S 61.21514W (Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean)

Day 17: Carcass and West Point Islands

Caracaras, Falklands cakes, and ANOTHER Rockhopper/Black-browed colony! Bliss!

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Short message posted via satellite, sent from 51.34673S 60.66965W (Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean)