“The White Continent” Phileus_fogg’s photos around The Peninsula, Antarctica
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to The Peninsula, Antarctica by TravelPod blogger Phileus_fogg titled “The White Continent” Phileus_fogg’s travel blog entry: “Happy Holidays to everyone! I’ve been back from Antarctica for a week now and I am finally ready to update my blog. I’ve gotten some e-mails wondering where I was at and what Iwas up to. Well, I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Buenos Aires, taking a night off from the nightlife and typing away on my laptop. After spending hours looking over around 1000 pictures I finally widdled down around 100 to upload, along with a few videos — things to keep me occupied while flying around Argentina. So back on the 9th of December the 97 passengers of the Lyubov Orlovamet at theAlbatross Hotel in Ushaia for a pre-disembarkation meeting. We were all a little nervous because rumours had been floating around that the trip might be cancelled. The ship’s first two trips of the season had been cancelled due to the ship’s registry expiration, whatever the hell that means. Anyways we were all happy when they showed up and informed us nothing to worry about and that we would be sailing as scheduled the next day. Later that evening I met Rainer, a 30 year old German from Munich, who would be my cabin mate for the next 9 nights on the ship. As I introduced myself I gave him a set of ear plugs and told him to put them in at night to help drown out my snoring. He told me not to worry as he would probably be …
