Saturday the 30th of November I left Professor Multanovskiy in Stanley in then Falkland Islands. I was lucky to be able to stay with Andrew, one of the 3 Falkland passangers on the cruise. It's very expensive in Stanley so it saved me a lot of money! Andrew is English and works on a contract as a road planner. He lives in a house with a great view over the bay in Stanley.
Sunday the 1st of December I guess you guys were celebrating 1th of Advent...well me and Andrew went with his 4W Landrover out of town and then for a long walk to a lighthouse. The Falklands is a windy place! There are no trees as nothing can grow to high up from the ground because of the strong winds. Actually the most common thing I saw on the Falklands is bird muck...or is it mock? Well, shit then. Hardly any m2 exists without shit of any kind. Mostly from birds but also from penguins, seals, sheep and guanacos. :o)
After three days in Stanley I was lucky to get a lift with a sailing boat back to Ushuaia in Argentina. There are a few sailing boats that sail with tourists to South Georgia and Antarctica. The one I went with had just been on a 45 day long trip around South Georgia. You can read more about the boat at:. I got to know a Polish guy, Pawel, in Stanley who was a crew on this boat. Both of us also think that we met in Port Lock Roy at the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2000. Well anyway, you can see some of his Antarctic photos at.
The sailing to Ushuaia took 4 days. We mostly used the engine as it wasn’t so good winds. It was nice with dolphins and sometimes penguins around the boat. And of course different spices of sea birds. I helped out with the watch during the night. Easy job as the boat goes with auto pilot so it’s not much to do with sailing or anything. And the trip I went on there was no risk for icebergs for example. Just look out for other boats maybe.
When arriving in Ushuaia I stayed on the boat for a few more days. There were maybe 10 sailingboats, some of them private. Among them one English-German couple that have been sailing more than 10 years and a Dutch couple that had a slide show one night showing their latest trip. It was amazing to see! Really inspiring! They sailed from Holland to the Faroe Islands, then to Spetsbergen, Island, Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland!!!! After that they followed the east coast of America to the Bahamas. Then through the Panama channel, to Equador, Galapagos, Easter islands and down along Chile and to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego (Eldslandet), Argentina. They are now on their way to Antarctica! Amazing pictures. You who read sailing magazines have probably read about this couple. Their boat is called Terra Nova and they have been in a lot of sailing magazines, also in Swedish. Well, maybe I can go to these places one day...
I met two crazy Italians who had decided to go by kajak around Cape Horn from here! They promised to email me when they are back (about 20 days). Around Cape Horn there are a LOT of shipwrecks!!! Drake passage is supposed to be the most difficult passage in the world. When I went to Antarctica year 2000 we were lucky to have nice weather. Only half of the passenger stayed very seasick in their cabins during the 2 days crossing (with the sailing boats it takes 1 week! Each way!). Nice to sit in a kajak with 10 metres high waves… I hope they are lucky with the weather!
Here in Ushuaia I have had a good time! After leaving Sarah (“my” sailing boat) I moved to a hostel. I’ve been to a glacier, been to the gym :o) No judo club here unfortunately. Friday the 13th I celebrated Lucia :o) I had a bottle of glögg with me from Sweden. I fixed Lucia songs via the internet, borrowed to white sheets and a candle, made a Staffan stalledrang-hat and bought glitter. Then I dressed out a poor Argentines to be Staffan :o) Well it was a success, especially the warm glögg with raisins and nuts. Now there is a Swedish glögg-bottle in a hostel all the way down here :o)
You can read some info about Ushuaia at. Some nice pictures as well. It’s really beautiful here!
I got to know a French guy, Gael, who is working at one of the sailing boats that goes to the Antarctica. We went scuba diving with his Argentine friends. I had a drysuit from Lysekil, Sweden :o) Techo sub, maybe it’s called. An interesting dive with a lot of different crabs, but no fishes and very poor visibility. Fun anyway!
Next stop is probably Puerto Williams, a navy port on the Chilean island Navarino. Argentina says that Ushuaia is the most southern city in the world and the port to Antarctica and the same does Chile say about Puerto Williams. P.W is more south than Ushuaia, but I’m not shore you can call it a city. I let you know in my next travel entry.
Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
kram Kina/Kicki
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