As we were preparing to leave Puerto Natales yesterday morning, the BBC World News weatherman cheerfully told us that Chile was now...

Today (Friday, April 21st) and tomorrow were to be the days allocated to visit Isla Noir (Cape Noir in Commodore Anson’s day). It lies...

On our last day in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine we were blessed with a cloudless ‘bluebird’ day with clear sight of The Horns and The...

Yesterday morning we set out from our lodge at 8:30 am to hike along the “Hunter’s Trail” which is a 6 km walk within the Torres del...

We left El Calafate in Argentina (Patagonia) at 7:30 am yesterday morning, and took a short private charter flight over The Andes (gulp)...

On Easter Sunday we set off at daybreak to drive up into Los Glaciares National Park in Patagonia which is about an hour’s drive from...

Being rather laser-focused on Commodore Anson’s expedition, meant we were caught quite unawares about the significance of Port San Julian...

At 6:45 am this morning, we were collected from our hotel to take a helicopter flight from El Calafate airport to Port San Julian, due...

This morning we went horse riding across the valley from our lodge to a small lake populated with flamingos. Quite a lot of wildlife...

Yesterday we left Florianopolis at 12 noon and flew five hours to El Calafate, which is the gateway to Los Glaciares National Park, in...

This morning we did a 45 minute trail walk from our hotel, Ponta dos Ganchos, to Praia de Fora. A lovely temperature and gentle breeze...

On Tuesday, we visited the modern city of Florianopolis, which straddles the strait between the mainland and Santa Catarina island. We...

On December 21, 1740 the fleet of seven ships led by Commodore Anson reached the island of Santa Catarina in what is today Brazil. At...

After a 12 hour flight from London Heathrow to Sao Paolo Brazil, we cleared passport control, collected all of our baggage (which had all...

Flight BA 247 to São Paulo Brazil departs at 2205 hrs this evening. Despite all the newspaper and media reports, there were 1) no...

It has been nearly two years since we had to suspend our trip around the world, visiting all the sites where Admiral Anson made landfall...

Yesterday we had a long and detailed meeting with our travel advisors, Cazenove & Loyd working through the final details of the next...

This is our final evening in Asia. We have had a fascinating and invigorating trip finding out so much more about Commodore Anson’s...