What Great Photos..... Glad everyone is having so much fun.. Gotta love the hot tub shot....

Thanks for the photos and tales. Some fabulous photographers here. Ken, you ought to enter that first shot in one of those travel magazine contests--it's amazing.

Can't decide whether I like the "peoples attire or the penquins attire" the best! Great pictures, really enjoying the updates. Thanks for sharing!

to have a chick in your lap. and then champagne in a hot tub!

Diane: Tony's fantasy :app: :app:

I'm sure you fulfill it every evening, you coquette

Ok, a question. It seems you all have had exceptional Internet access. Is this the usual thing and how much does itvcos?

Rachel, Andi said at beginning of cruise $250 for 1000 minutes

Betty has landed.

Sounds like everyoe is having a great time. The weather looks wonderful and the pictures are great.

Loved the hot tub shot.

"is the person in the group shot with the clava in witness protection or just colder than the rest of the group?"

Well who is that MASKED person on Elephant Island? Could it be the ghost of Sir Ernest Shackleton returning to haunt all those that land in the private home of his loyal men on Elephant Island? Karen you need to find a virtual teapot for the winner of the contest to guess who that person might be.

What a trip. This one will be hard to beat. Such a glorious day at Brown Bluff the pictures and blue sky tell the story, a wonderful stop on the continent. This is where we tried to land on the Explorer 11 but the weather was too bad so we were so happy to be ashore this time. The pool deck was full for lunches today. Later in the afternoon it started to snow as we sailed south and everyone enjoyed that as well.

So many new landing spots this time for Ken and me even after the three previous trips we have made on expedition ships before. We believe this expedition team and captain have just made a bigger effort than any ship we have been on before. They are a fantastic group of people just all very impressive.

Today we entered the Lemaire Channel, the third time for Ken and me . The last two times was in bright sunshine and today was misty with patches of sun and blue. It was spectacular. I thought it would not be as good in this weather but it added a real mystical atmosphere I loved it. As we prepared to do our zodiac ride – the SUN came out and the wind dropped. There is an angel looking out for us it just seems to work out every time.

We are now sailing towards Paradise Bay and then onto Neko Harbor where we will do a zodiac ride and a landing as well. Sun is still out and we hope it stays here for that afternoon excursion. We are planning a group shot of our happy Zodiac group this afternoon while we are in Paradise Bay

Posting the first picture for Ralph and the other two for Andi:

Guess who is the masked person and you can add this to your teapot collection!

How 'bout Lauri??

You all are killing us....mercy! Such terrific photos & WEATHER!!$%!!

Braden?

Well, the people don't have pink poop on them but otherwise a toss up.

Yes, I do have to believe the weather has been atypically nice, no?
Africa is in the top three, as is the Galapagos. Diane's adventures with the polar bears is up there too. I think I'm most inclined to see where the LCT group is heading when the time comes.

Crystal?

At Ushuaia airport on way home. More later.

The magic weather lasted up until the very last. This trip defies description. I've posted some of my photos on my Facebook page, not bright enough to figure out how to put them up here too.

We are all checking in on the free internet at the Ushuaia airport. What a magnificent trip! It will be difficult to return after our wonderful weather and stops.

Diane, we called that Hot Chicks in Cool Places!!!

From all indications, you guys had the near perfect trip.

Safe journeys and thanks again for all your wonderful reports and awesome photos!

Hi hi hi

For those of you who haven't seen this yet, Click the picture below for a video of Brayden doing a polar plunge.

Glad the site is back up. I was having withdrawel from my daily cruise reports. Pics are great.

Betty and I are "coolin it" at the Holiday Inn Express in Buenos Aires. Feels good to be in air conditioning in this hot place. Hard to believe we left Ushuaia at 46* this AM. We're going to rest tonight then take a city tour tomorrow on our way to EZE. Meeting up with Linda & Chris in the Delta Lounge tomorrow night before we fly to ATL. Hope the rest of the ZODIs have safe flights tonight!

We so missed your reports for the past couple of days. Hope Andi and others will fill us in when you all get home. Lucky you for getting the Drake Lake for you last 2 days of sailing!

Braden deserves a big prize, what a feat, not one that I'd attempt. Sooo.....who was behind that mask?

It's over? How can it be over?

Has to be Betty.

With the joy of traveling all day yesterday I had no idea LCT was back up!! I so missed giving updates on our spectacular trip. I'm on my flight home to Boston right now & will hopefully post some more pictures soon.

This was an amazing trip - we all pretty much agree we can never go back because it would never be as good as this trip was!

Forgot I took this pic yesterday when we were leaving the ship. Thought you'd like to see how tiny the Silver Explorer looks next to the Star Princess.

Home now. Boo hoo. Wonderful trip with wonderful people. Agree with Andrea. This can never be repeated. However, land arrangements could be improved. We arrived at our gate as they were loading up. Any further delays and we wouldn't have made it. I will post the continuing epic journey of what happened post Elephant Island later today. All smiles.

We are home too. Marc hopped in the shower and was off to work just 20 minutes after we got home. Not sure which is worse, going right to work or being home having to deal with the unpacking, laundry and all the mail. On second thought, yes I do know... it is definitely having to go to work. I hope to get some pics downloaded and sorted through so I can post some before I leave for Florida on Saturday. What a trip this was! I so wish more of you could have been with us to share in the fun.

Brayden kept a journal during our trip. I have posted it to my shutterfly site. I think it is a bit long to post on LCT but some might like to hear about our grand adventure through the eyes of a 14 year old. Following is the link to the site.

http://zodiac12012.shutterfly.com/

editing to add, if you have a hard time reading the journal on Shutterfly, I added a copy of the journal to our review section and you can find the post here.

Betty and I are in the AMEX Lounge at EZE with Linda and Chris. Just waiting for our flight in 1.5 hours. I took a city tour with a guide and driver Andrea hooked me up with. What a beautiful city! We are tired and ready to be home..... kinda warm and humid in BA today. Miss all our ZODI friends.

Ralph, I havn't used shutterfly before so maybe it is just me, but I only get a general "home" type screen when I cliked on the link. What do I have to do to see Brayden's journal?

Arlene,
Not sure. When I click the link I get the full site page. There was a problem with the background being black and the type being dark so it was hard to read. Did not realize that. Karen alerted me so I just went in and changed the background to white. It looks a little weird but it is readable.

Arlene, I am getting ready to post the entire journal over on the reviews forum. When I am finished, I will add a link here so you can find it easily.

Here is the link to Brayden's journal in the review section.

Fantastic Thank you both!