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• Aruba - More Dutch Than the Netherlands

  

  My generation grew up in the Netherlands not knowing any better than that Aruba was Dutch, together with Curacao and St Marten. Nobody questioned this very much... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Panama Canal

  

  Unique in our time is the ability to take seagoing vessels across the isthmus of Panama. Fortunate for all of us, there were already a couple of lakes half-way... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Panama City - A Handsome Town

  

  It’s curious. Technically we’re still very much on the other side of the world, taking into account that I’m from Europe. But arriving in Panama after sailing... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Manta, Ecuador - Seeing the Light

  

  Engineers don’t get enough sunlight. It’s a known fact. So on sunny days we tend to select deck machinery that’s a pending disaster. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Little Fisher Boat in Distress

  

  It’s amazing how little people realize that the ocean is a wilderness without any mercy. They set out in rinky-dink vessels to have some fun or adventure, then... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Machupiccu - A Crystal from a Dissolved Past

  

  Out through the Peruvian dessert, through countless centuries, lies the mysterious city of Machupiccu; an abandoned ruined town that defies logic or explanation... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lima - La Catedral on Plaza De Armas

  

  Just off Lima’s busy central square Plaza de Armas stands an imposing Gothic cathedral, fittingly called La Catedral. The white façade covers one whole side of... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lima, Peru - a Dark Town

  

  There are 29 million people living in Peru; 9 million in Lima, and I think I met about half of them. We docked in Callao for an overnight, meaning that Draga an... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Pisco, Peru - Timelines, Eternity & Opportunities

  

  We’re definitely back in the tropics again. I’m not partial to the tropics; sweltering heat followed by those dark evenings. I’ve never been able to properly... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Valparaiso - Valpo, Chile

  

  Like a bank of submerged gems, the city of Valparaiso lies dreamy over its sleepless port. She’ll wake up soon. Her streets will fill with throngs of those who... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Isla Robinson Crusoe - Chile

  

  With a modern ocean steamer it’s a good twelve hours west of the coast of Chile; the island Robinson Crusoe. In the olden days it must have been quite a bit... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Puerto Montt - Draga's Day Off

  

  “There’s a world out there,” she said this morning, looking out the porthole of our cabin, “It’s a beautiful day. If I can’t share it with you, I’ll walk into... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Puerto Montt, Chile - Little Germany Below the Volcano

  

  The southern shore of Chile consists of magnificent fjords that make for a scenery that easily rivals that of Alaska and Norway. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Penguins in Punta Arenas

  

  At some point during the evening I remember my man Ludin, and how he was blabbering this morning about penguins and how mean it was that he wasn’t allowed to... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• UFO's Over Punta Arenas, Chile

  

  We’re in Chile, apparently, although nobody has time or a mind to going out. Perhaps we’re all still too saturated from seeing the grandeur of Antarctica;... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ushuaia, Argentina - the Southern Most City in the World

  

  Exhausted from the southern storms that howl around Cape Horn, we drift into the fjords and exhale, let go of railings and relax the frowns off our faces.... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Cape Horn - Proof That South America Truly Exists

  

  Just a week ago South America felt like the other side of the world. Now, when we’re coming up from Antarctica, seeing Cape Horn in the distance feels like... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Antarctica Impressions

  

  The continent of Antarctica is hugely vast and we’ve covered only a tiny portion of it. But in those few days we’ve seen sights that can’t be seen anywhere... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Jackie Mueller, Scientist at Palmer Station

  

  Part of our super-secret mission is hauling scientists to Palmer Station, which is a science station located at the southern point of Anvers Island, which is... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Penguins in Hope Bay, Antarctica

  

  Beautiful as Antarctica is, we’re here to work and wouldn’t you know, just when Draga and I were inside conducting our business, our ship passed a small group o... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL