Author: Matthias Chan
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UWC Day 049 – Cruising Day
Another relaxing day at sea. Catching up on rest, pictures and overall just enjoying life. Entertainment Watched a little bit of the Australian Open and some other sports in the Pub, while editing photos and just reminiscing about the last couple days in Chile. Ended up downloading Two Towers from my old purchases and listened…
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UWC Day 048 – Arica, Chile – Andean Highlands and town of Putre
Long day out with a drive through the Andes Mountains to a small town Putre (Wiki) Awesome views, but definitely a long tiring day of driving. Morning Start Got to sleep in and get a more rested start than usual. Meetup was at 10:45am, so rolled out of bed pretty rested and went down to…
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UWC Day 047 – Cruising Day – Wolf Moon Sighting
Nice relaxing day at sea. Caught up on some photos and posts (and sleep), and mostly recovering from some full days on tour. After dinner, noticed the full moon was out in splendid orange, and enjoyed some time on the helipad in the nice quiet breeze watching the moon. Caught up on some Netflix for…
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UWC Day 046 – Coquimbo, Chile – Elqui Valley Tour
Tour to the Elqui Valley was a severe disappointment. The valley itself is beautiful and would have enjoyed it a lot more, but the tour company and description was super misleading and completely incorrect. The day ended up being a mixed bag and kind of a waste of time. All in all, the first bad…
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UWC Day 045 – Valparaíso, Chile – Natural Monument Isla Cachagua to see Humboldt Penguins
Awesome day with Matias (we need to form a club) up the coast to some smaller beach towns and lovely views and hikes to be out in nature. 10/10 would recomment Matias for your guiding needs if ever in Valparaíso or Santiago. Logistics Tour was set to start at 7am, but it was also a…
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UWC Day 044 – Cruising Day
Short day (literally) cruising at sea. Got a bunch of work done and then dinner courtesy of Joseph Thompson (Blog) at Izumi. Afternoon Start Got a late start and got some coffee and tried to start my taxes before getting blocked and switched over to some trip planning for the Hawaii side trip that I’m…
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UWC Day 043 – Cruising Day – Relaxing Day with Minis
Woke up to find that I had just naturally slept for 10 hours, and I felt AMAZING. Slowly got ready for the day, then went out to see what awaited me around the ship. Weather First I went up to check how the weather was, and it was absolutely gorgeous. Super calm waters, sun was out…
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UWC Day 042 – Cruising Day
Took the day to get caught up on photos and the blog. Lovely day cruising the Chilean Fjords, and it was really quite nice out, but apparently windy so they closed the top deck for the time I was out there. Quiet Spots Went to the aft of the ship and found a quiet spot…
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UWC Day 041 – Cruising Day – Surprise Visit to Alberto de Agostini National Park
Was supposed to go to a penguin reserve bright and early in the morning in Punta Arenas, Chile, but heard the announcement tone come on right as I was getting ready to get out of bed, and promptly went back to sleep. Turns out that it was so windy, we didn’t even get close before…
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UWC Day 040 – Ushuaia, Argentina – Penguin Rookery and King Penguin
Did a close repeat of the Beagle Channel tour (exact same catamaran and everything), but this one went further to the penguin rookery as well, and got to see 3 different types of penguins, including the majestic king penguin. Tour Almost considered just skipping the tour, since it was mostly a repeat of the Beagle…
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