TravBuddy.com: mikevirgo0824's ANTARCTICA -- FEBRUARY 2008 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/23880 This blog details my trip leading to my cruise of the Antarctic Peninsula aboard The Clipper Adventurer in February 2008. This concludes my trip to all the continents - completed five years, four months, and one day since stepping out of the Philippines for the first time. A life goal completed. en-us Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:03:28 PST ANTARCTICA http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ANTARCTICA-travel-blogs-and-reviews-19 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:03:28 PST ANTARCTICA Antarctica, Feb 28, 2008

It’s Day 8 of my Antarctic cruise and the Clipper Adventurer is on the way back to Ushuaia via the Drake Passage. We left from the South Shetla...

]]> FOOD ON BOARD THE CLIPPER ADVENTURER http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/FOOD-ON-BOARD-THE-CLIPPER-ADVENTURER-travel-blogs-and-reviews-17 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:51:54 PST FOOD ON BOARD THE CLIPPER ADVENTURER Antarctica, Feb 27, 2008

]]> LIFE ABOARD THE CLIPPER ADVENTURE http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-PENGUINS-travel-blogs-and-reviews-15 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:51:11 PST LIFE ABOARD THE CLIPPER ADVENTURE Antarctica, Feb 26, 2008

]]> ON SEALS http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-SEALS-travel-blogs-and-reviews-13 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:50:34 PST ON SEALS Antarctica, Feb 25, 2008

]]> ON PENGUINS http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-SNOWY-EVENINGS-and-ORIGINAL-PILIPINO-MUSIC-travel-blogs-and-reviews-12 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:49:45 PST ON PENGUINS Antarctica, Feb 24, 2008

]]> ON SNOWY EVENINGS and ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-SNOWY-EVENINGS-and-ORIGINAL-PILIPINO-MUSIC-travel-blogs-and-reviews-12 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:52:58 PST ON SNOWY EVENINGS and ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC Antarctica, Feb 24, 2008

]]> ON ICEBERGS http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-ICEBERGS-travel-blogs-and-reviews-11 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:49:05 PST ON ICEBERGS Antarctica, Feb 23, 2008

]]> T minus 45 minutes to Board MS Clipper Adventure http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/T-minus-45-minutes-to-Board-MS-Clipper-Adventure-Ushuaia-10 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:19:06 PST T minus 45 minutes to Board MS Clipper Adventure Ushuaia, Argentina, Feb 20, 2008

I was beginning to wonder if I will ever bump into any other Filipino on my third day here in Fin Del Mundo - Ushuaia, Argentina. Again, the Filip...

]]> Route No. 3 of the Pan-American Highway, Tierra del Fuego National Park, and Isla Redondo http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/Route-No-3-of-the-Pan-American-Highway-Tierra-del-Fuego-National-Park-and-Isla-Redondo-Tierra-del-Fuego-9 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:10:22 PST Route No. 3 of the Pan-American Highway, Tierra del Fuego National Park, and Isla Redondo Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Feb 20, 2008

]]> ON HOROSCOPEs, RADIO ANTENNAs, CHOCOLATEs, VISAs, RUINED TRIPODs & ¨VALID TICKETs¨ (to nowhere!!) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-HOROSCOPEs-RADIO-ANTENNAs-CHOCOLATEs-VISAs-RUINED-TRIPODs-VALID-TICKETs-to-nowhere-Ushuaia-8 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:07:54 PST ON HOROSCOPEs, RADIO ANTENNAs, CHOCOLATEs, VISAs, RUINED TRIPODs & ¨VALID TICKETs¨ (to nowhere!!) Ushuaia, Argentina, Feb 18, 2008

This was my horoscope for Monday, February 18, 2008: “The day might not go exactly as you would like it to, but that doesn't mean that you've...

]]> ON SUNBURN, THE BLACK EYED PEAS and BRIBES in PUNTA DEL ESTE http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ON-SUNBURN-THE-BLACK-EYED-PEAS-and-BRIBES-in-PUNTA-DEL-ESTE-Punta-del-Este-7 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:55:32 PST ON SUNBURN, THE BLACK EYED PEAS and BRIBES in PUNTA DEL ESTE Punta del Este, Uruguay, Feb 17, 2008

We drove around Punta del Este and saw two of it's most famous landmarks, La Mano (The Hand or The Drowned - weird name for a sculpture you put o...

]]> DAY TRIP to MONTEVIDEO http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/DAY-TRIP-to-MONTEVIDEO-Montevideo-6 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:54:17 PST DAY TRIP to MONTEVIDEO Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb 16, 2008

The two and a half hour drive to Montevideo from Punta Ballena was just so pleasant. The sun was out and the sky was just this perfect shade of blu...

]]> CASAPUEBLO, PUNTA BALLENA http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/CASAPUEBLO-PUNTA-BALLENA-Punta-Ballena-5 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:54:39 PST CASAPUEBLO, PUNTA BALLENA Punta Ballena, Uruguay, Feb 15, 2008

The flight to Punta del Este from Buenos Aires Aeroparque Nacional took all of 35 minutes.  My friend Juanpi and I took longer lining up in im...

]]> TOUCH DOWN BUENOS AIRES! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/TOUCH-DOWN-BUENOS-AIRES-Buenos-Aires-4 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:18:18 PST TOUCH DOWN BUENOS AIRES! Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb 13, 2008

25 hours after departing KL (and 1-hour stop overs in Joburg and Cape Town) MH201 finally landed at Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini in Buenos Aires at 21...

]]> KO'ed in KL http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/KOed-in-KL-Kuala-Lumpur-3 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:32:15 PST KO'ed in KL Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb 13, 2008

Out of sheer exhaustion, as soon as I got on my seat in my flight to Kuala Lumpur I was knocked out. Best 50 minute nap ever! Serves me right for ...

]]> PASSPORT and VISA - CHECK! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/THE-JOURNEY-BEGINS-travel-blogs-and-reviews-2 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:38:08 PST PASSPORT and VISA - CHECK! Singapore, Feb 11, 2008

I FINALLY got back my passport this afternoon with the Argentine and Uruguayan visa stamps! After a month-long epic visa processing in Manila. HURR...

]]> THE JOURNEY BEGINS! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/THE-JOURNEY-BEGINS-travel-blogs-and-reviews-2 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:36:27 PST THE JOURNEY BEGINS! Singapore, Feb 11, 2008

February 12, 2008 was a long time coming! I sent my last e-mail at 7PM and promptly left the office after calling a cab to pick up my luggag...

]]> ALL ABOUT VISAS http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/23880/ALL-ABOUT-VISAS-travel-blogs-and-reviews-1 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:01:06 PST ALL ABOUT VISAS Singapore, Jan 25, 2008

I leave in 17 days for Argentina and I have yet to get a visa. Actually, I should say I have yet to apply for a visa. Why the hold-out? I have...

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