Erik & Heather's RTW Trip

Monthly Archives: May 2011

Whales Tales from the Antarctic Circle – Detaille Island & Crystal Sound

When we woke up on the morning of day 7, we were very anxious to hear the morning announcement and whether it would include plans to go below the Antarctic Circle as planned. As our Expedition Leader, Rinie, told us the weather and winds were favorable and spoke the words, “please join us on the [...]

On the Road Again!

Today, we fly out for Bangkok, Thailand! Flight leaves at 5:30pm and just 48 hours and two overnight flights later, we arrive in Bangkok. We have many blog posts to catch up on, but we just wanted to let you know the latest! The second leg of our adventure starts today! Stay tuned…

Is Travelling in Mexico Really Unsafe?

People often ask us “what was your favorite place so far?” Besides the spectacular continent of Antarctica, Americans are often shocked to hear our next favorite – after one full year away – was Mexico. The Mexico you hear about in the news is vastly different than the actual country just to our south. Just [...]

Raw Nature & Strong Vodka – Pleneau Island & Vernadsky Research Station, Antarctica

We awoke the sixth day of our Antarctic Voyage newly engaged to find the normally spectacular Lemaire Channel covered with low-hanging clouds. Our heads were equally cloudy following the late night barbeque and dancing celebration of our engagement the previous day at Neko Harbour and we enjoyed a slow start to another action-packed day. At [...]