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05/27/2026

Some fauna and flora found in the thousand islands! The swans and blue Herons are all nesting, and the tulips are in full bloom.

04/17/2026

Was great to catch up with some classmates from the Algonquin College photography Program at the 53rd and final 🥲 annual awards and showcase. It was also great to see all of the professors who were all amazing to work with. A sad day to see the program close.

03/31/2026

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02/15/2026

Yesterday we debarked, headed to our hotel then just walked about. Many sites we had seen before, but it was great to see inside the Buenos Aires Cathedral, and be closer to other landmarks that were not as easy to capture on the hop on/off. So many sites to see! Today, it was a whole new experience as we left downtown for the countryside to visit the Gauchos (cowboys). our guide explained the severe inflation and poverty hitting Argentina. Houses have been cramped and stacked up (and we could see so many just outside the downtown) to survive. She works for the government and makes about $800 a month, rent is $600 a month, so she must work weekends as a tour guide to survive. Most work 2-3 jobs. As she has what should be decent paying jobs, it's clear why there are so many homeless, and poverty. After leaving the city, we went to the Estancia (ranch), rode horses, ate loads of great meat, and saw a dance/singing show and a horse show where the gaucho showed how they learned from the natives how to "become one" with the horse. It was pretty cool. Dessert was of course their famous Dulce De lèche! We also tried the Mate tea. Yummy. Tomorrow we head back home to the snow!

02/11/2026

What a day at the Punta Tombo Magellanic penguin rookery in Patagonia! Listen to hear them squawk

02/11/2026

Puerto Madryn (then onto Punta Tombo), Argentina. Right on the northern coast of Patagonia and close to the largest Magellanic penguin colony in the Americas. 40,000 penguins call it home. After a 2.5hr bus ride, it was worth it to see all ages, young ones still losing their dawn feathers, to teens to couples. We saw waddles, squawking, pruning, cuddling and porpoising in the water. What a day.

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. 🇫🇰 what a beautiful little place. Population of about 3,600 people, very remote and of course in the sub arctic regions (no trees), makes it a tough place to live. Before the 1982 war, most kids didn't really attend school, people survived on burning peat moss to heat homes, and fishing was the main industry. Now the government pays for people to get post secondary education in the UK! Only about 50% cruises schedule to stop actually do, because of weather. We had pouring rain for our visits of two penguin rookeries (Magellanic and Gentoos, but we did see a couple of Kings too). One had avian flu and all the eggs were lost (gentoos). The Magellanic teens were hanging out waiting to be fed. It turned sunny later in the afternoon. Summertime here, but a chilly 10C! No trees, all buildings are imported ! They now heat homes by diesel. Our guide noted the summers are more rainy, and in winter they barely get snow due to climate change.

02/07/2026

Elephant island, the Shackleton ice field (location of the famed Shackleton expedition that suffered 4.5 months stuck here) and a chin strap penguin skipping in the water.

02/07/2026

Antarctica is simply breathtaking! Today we sailed into the Schollaert channel and Paradise bay. We had quite the show! Massive icebergs that the captain rotated the ship very close in front of a few times, to whales playing, breaching, waving, etc. Humpbacks that swam right next to our ship! We could hear them singing! Then of course penguins, swimming around and some on little icebergs. A sunny but cool (-2C) day, perfect weather. It's Celebrity's third and last cruise this season, and this was the best they have seen! Simply stunning!