We took 2600 photos on this trip, and still couldn’t capture the full magnificence of it all. I’ll do my best to convey a little of it for you, but honestly, if I could pay for you all to do this trip yourselves, I would. It’s magical.
I will break up the photos into several several posts –Â Canada, Alaska, Seattle, California, Mad Hotels, and Critters. But in brief, we had a magnificent time, stayed in some damn nice hotels, saw amazing things, met wonderful people (and some shitheads, meh), and ate lots and lots of incredible meals. It was as different an experience from the New Zealand debacle as you could imagine. I would heartily recommend APT as a company to tour with as well. So professional.
As a direct result of this trip, we bought a DSLR camera, a Nikon D5300 with telephoto, and we also booked a cruise to Antartica for December 2015. We fell in love with cruising, and Holland America proved itself to be a wonderful, safe and clean cruise line. A friend who will remain nameless was scornful at the idea of only spending three days in Antartica, but since the boat can’t land, and even if it did, I’m not sure what I would *do* in Antartica given the weather and limitations on exploring etc. I’m perfectly content with my choice. We go to Chile and Argentina, as well as the Falkland Islands. It’s a trip I would never do by land. Can’t wait.
I’ve heard that surfing is a new, extreme sport somewhere in Antarctica now. That must be very refreshing. 🙂 Do you surf?
you make a joke, yes? Surfing in Antartica? Seriously? NOOOOO!
I think it’s too cold there to do anything but stay huddled in a coat and take pictures from the ship. 🙂 But I’m not very adventurous.