Diary of a South American Journey – December 2012 - January 2013

Contents

Introduction: Entry & Exit page

Part 1:  A Journey to... Where???

Prelude

– Whose idea was this anyway?

– Getting ready

– San Francisco, December 3 to 5, 2012

– At sea, off the coast of Mexico

Part 2:  Whales!

December 8-17, 2012

– Snorkelling, and seeing whales up close

– Does it feel like Christmas?

– Learning about Volcanos

– The giant ship turns around, and runs late

– Going zip-lining in Costa Rica

– The life of a cruise ship worker

– Lima, Peru – with a London taxi driver

Part 3:  Sea Legs

December 21-29, 2012

– Mountans made of water

– La Serena, Chile

      (an Archaeological Museum)

– The End of Time

– An Intense Week, hard to describe

      1. Tourist Stuff

            Glaciers

            Cities at the End of the World

            Cape Horn

      2. The “Holiday” Season

      3. Helping to put the Christ in Christmas

Part 4:  Penguins!

December 30, 2012 - January 6, 2013

– The Falkland Islands

– The 1982 Falklands War

– Our 37th Wedding Anniversary

– The Cruise Ends... A New Adventure Begins

– Pandemonium

– From the ridiculous to the sublime

– Note from our hotel room

Part 5:  Adventure Tourism

January 8, 2013 – in Buenos Aires

– Something I learned about myself

– La Recoleta

– La Boca

– Going to church... then returning

– Some (probably foolish) generalizations

– Falklands, Malvenas, and “face”

– Friendly people

– The other kind of Adventure tourism: the stressful kind

– Postscript: Touristy notes about Buenos Aires

Part 6:  Last Legs

January 11-15, 2013

– In Toronto

– Football Fans?

– Markus, Ariel’s Concert, and Rachael’s birthday party

– Home

– Readers’ Feedback and Comments