Cape Horn

January 10th/2019-half way through our cruise already

This morning we woke up to the Captain making another

apologetic announcement so we immediately had that  

sinking gut feeling again! Turns out the weather tonight at

the Cape was going to be very bad so they had to make

more schedule changes. The changes turned out to be

better than the original plan as the ship sped up and we

got to the Cape about 1 PM (5 hours early) .We circled

Cape Horn island in slight misty foggy weather which

seems quite appropriate with the reputation it has for bad

weather. Everyone was bundled up and outside to take photos.

The wind was outrageous (over 40 knots-according to the

ship TV channel) and I got some good video of Caro standing

at the front getting blown around. Watching the waves smash

their way onto the rocks of the islands sure makes a person

think about those early explorers and the difficulties they faced.

It took about one hour to go around then we headed off towards

Ushuaia. If plans hadn’t changed we would have come into

Ushuaia early in the morning but instead we are arriving right now as

I write this at 10:50 PM. We got to see the eastern part of the Beagle

channel and OMG it is SOOO pretty! There were plenty of staff

out taking pictures alongside passengers. The weather was

pretty good with occasional blue sky and I got some nice mountain

photos.

Caro is coming down with a cold so we ate supper by ourselves.

Actually I am quite put off by yesterday’s debacle with the

unpleasant man so better to eat with company I enjoy

spending time with!

We each went our own way for some of the evening’s entertainment

but we got together for a show by the man who did an act the other

night using his great mimic ability to sing hit songs done in the

same voice as the original hit maker. These on board shows

and/or activities are no more than 45 minutes long so we didn’t

miss too much scenery outside.

Tomorrow should be great!