1730 (2030 UK time) and we have just rounded Cape Horn. I hadn’t realised that all ships that navigate the east coast of South America and up the west coast don’t always go round Cape Horn. It is dependent on the sea conditions, and today the captain said that as the swell was only 5 metres, it was perfectly ok for ‘Aurora’ to take this course. As I write this blog it has now started to rain, and almost all the coastline is obscured! I forgot to say the temperature is 6c and there is a Force 6 wind blowing.
We are now making our way towards our next port, Ushuaia (pronounced Ooshwya) where we are not expecting the conditions to be any warmer! Our tour here is on board a train for a 50-minute ride through part of the Tierra del Fuego National Park, marketed as “travel to the ‘end of the world’ train station”. Read more about this in my next blog.
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