Upon check-in, we had set the wakeup for 10:00 and arranged room service breakfast for 10:00-10:15. We were up before 9:30, though, and were in the l…

As would be expected, this was a day from Hell! We had a 9:30AM flight and Princess said they'd provide transportation at 7:00. Since yesterday's "7:…

We slept in and it was almost 11:00 when we got out of the room. We figured (correctly, it turns out) that we'd missed the breakfast provided by Prin…

Valparaiso is a port city and, yet again, we saw virtually nothing of other than the port itself and that was less than beautiful but ports rarely ar…

We were up with the alarm at 7:00, had breakfast in the Horizon Court and met the gang as planned at 8:30. Gus & Val and we went to the Horizon C…

This one, too, was part of a Princess Cruise/Tour so, for the most part, we had little choice. The hotel itself is quite nice with the typical Hyatt…

Santiago is beautifully situated at the foot of the Andes.  While the bus took us through some areas that were run down the area in which we sta…

Woke to the alarm at 6:15, had breakfast in the Horizon Court and were in the Princess Theater at about 7:30 for the 7:45 meeting time for our tour. …

As with Punta Arenas, we saw little of Puerto Montt other than from the bus as we passed through on a tour. Here also what we saw was less than pictu…

Woke about 9:30 and ate in the Horizon Court where we met Shirley and Eddie from Houston and some friends of theirs from California. We went with Shi…

It was quite rough during the night, especially in the early AM hours when we exited the Straights of Magellan into the Pacific. We woke about 9:00 t…

Neither of us slept well and I was up with the alarm at 5:20, had breakfast in the Horizon Court and was in the Princess Theater at 6:30 against a 6:…

WOW!  While this day-trip was essentially a "consolation prize" due to the cancellation of the scheduled day-trip to Antarctica, it was one…

When we got back to the airport in Puerto Natales, the crew was still in town so we waited about 20 minutes for them. As a result, it was 6:35 by the…

Because of my tour package, I personally saw nothing of Punta Arenas other than through the window of the bus. What I saw was not particularly attrac…

We visited Ushuaia on a dismal, rainy day so it was far from beautiful. Having said that, I'm told that MOST days in Ushuaia are dismal and rainy. Be…

Once during the night I awoke in the dark to see us lying off the lights of a town. Later, I was awakened by the sounds of a tug maneuvering us so I …

Cape Horn was awesome! I must admit that part of my awe was simply because it IS Cape Horn. Because I am such an avid sailor and have read countless …

This was a day at sea with the main attraction being Cape Horn, which were scheduled to reach about 5:00 PM. We were just waking at about 8:45 when G…

We saw a bit of the island outside of town while visiting the penguin colony.  The volcanic origin, strong winds and generally dismal weather ma…

We were to meet in the casino at 8:45 for our “Sparrow Cove” penguin tour. As per normal, we gave ourselves more time than needed and set the ala…

We slept even later, waking at 10:30 and eating in the Horizon Court at 11:30. I wrote an e-mail update on notepad, figuring I'd send it later since …

I was up at 7 and read on the balcony for a while before I felt cold and came back inside. Since I didn't want to wake Lin, I went back to bed and sl…

We had breakfast in the Horizon Court and were in the Explorer before the 8:15 schedule for the city and Juanico Winery tour. I thought this tour mig…

We didn't spend a lot of time in Montevideo but when we were in town I was wishing we hadn't signed up for the wine tour so we could spend more time …

Though we set no alarm, we were up at 7:30 and had breakfast on 17. We waited until shortly before 10 so the shops would be open, then headed for Ave…

We set a wakeup for 7:00 and I was up at 6:54. Strange how that happens. The concierge lounge was closed so we were told we could eat for free in the…

  Because we were booked for a city tour, we put in a wakeup for 7:00 but I was awake at 6:30 anyway. After breakfast in the concierge lounge w…

We visited this hotel as part of a cruise/tour with Princess. The location was less than ideal but certainly not bad. Before arriving here, we drop…

We arrived on time in Buenos Aires. Unfortunately an Iberian Airbus 340 had just landed so immigration was jammed. Though the line moved quickly, it …

Buenos Aires is absolutely wonderful!  I was sorry we didn't have more time there and if it weren't for the long air voyage, I'd gladly return t…

Brazilian steakhouses are becoming rather popular in the US so must people are familiarwith them. A parilla is essentially the Argentinian equivalen…

We’d agreed to have a limo service take us back and forth between home and Philadelphia. Al, the driver and owner of the Black Tie Luxury Limousine…