Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 26 Author #201 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 19 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Safe travels, we are setting off tomorrow. Edited January 26 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 26 Author #202 Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said: 3 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said: Fun with the internet in Patagonia. Save travel s to you and Rosie also and have a great trip on HAL . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 26 Author #203 Share Posted January 26 If you fly to EZE in BA you will have to give a right thumb print and have a photo or a retinal eye scan . We also had to do it at the domestic airport . After you are cleared , you have to have all of your bags scanned thru an X ray machine at both flights . Welcome to Argentina . We are due to fly at 1400 but the airline will not allow us to check in or print boarding passes yet . We have a 3 hour drive to get to the airport so we hope that the airline gets it together before we drive at 0900 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 28 Author #204 Share Posted January 28 It is 0430 and we are getting ready to leave EZE for home . Miami first the train to Palm Beach County second and our grandson picks up last . We can’t wait to sleep in our own bed tonight and share our day by day review tomorrow. The photos of Patagonia in near hurricane force winds are spectacular. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 29 #205 Share Posted January 29 Safe travels we have finally arrived at our hotel around 4pm local time, a 3 hr siesta and a meal and now ready for a good night's sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 29 Author #206 Share Posted January 29 18 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Safe travels we have finally arrived at our hotel around 4pm local time, a 3 hr siesta and a meal and now ready for a good night's sleep. That's great news Mic and Rosie . We were awake at 0400 to meet our driver at 0500 . He didn't get there until 0500 which meant that by the time we were processed it was close to boarding time and we couldn't try out the AA lounge but went directly to the gate . We had to have our carry on bags opened at a table and so they looked looked at our meds , cameras , and some dirty underwear . It's a 9 hour flight to Miami that left at 0900 . Global one wasn't working and they only had 2 machines in MIA ! We found a cab driver who wanted as much to take us to the Brightline station for the same price as the driver in Argentina . It's a 1 hour ride to to EZE but only a 10 minute ride to the train station in Miami . You should be boarded by now but we heard that you overnight in BA on the Oosterdam . If you change money in Argentina look for the Blue market price . We found out there that we were Argentian Millionaires if we tradeded all of our dollars ! We only traded $ 100 and got back 117,000 in funny money for later in Patagonia . Later we tried to get money at a bank ATM in El Calafate and they would not allow us to withdraw the max of 50,000 , about $ 50 dollars . They only allowed 10,000 per withdrawal with a fee of 7,000 ! Thus , a $10 withdrawal would yield only $ 4 . Such a deal . A dollar is worth a $1000 Pesos on average . So Bon Voyage Mic and Rosie , and we hope that your internet service was better than ours . We each had 300 minutes and it didn't work well on the Star for us and only got worse as we sailed south . The Falkland Islands was the worse for internet , even for the locals as it is a different system . We felt like we had stepped back into the 70's as they had to rely on CB radios to talk between vehicles going to Volunteer Point but we had good weather and the Penguins were there . We had heard on CC that only 1 cruise in 5 makes it there , but our guide at Estancia said that it was more like 70 % . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 29 #207 Share Posted January 29 I'm sorry to hear how stressful you trip home was. we have boarded and we are here overnight, we do not plan on getting any cash Pesos here, the cards will work fine at a decent rate and USD works fine elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #208 Share Posted January 30 10 hours ago, MicCanberra said: I'm sorry to hear how stressful you trip home was. we have boarded and we are here overnight, we do not plan on getting any cash Pesos here, the cards will work fine at a decent rate and USD works fine elsewhere. We would not have used Pesos if we could but as we were staying for a week in Patagonia we need to . The stressful part was being exposed to a sick person in a small area on our glacier cruise in El Calafate . She was nice but sick people shouldn't go on day trips or at least wear a mask . Consequently we both got sick and are going to the docter today this morning . She got into an argument with a lady for the UK who currently resides in Spain . It was quite warm in the boat and the sick lady wanted it that way as she had the chills . Everone else wanted the door open to cool the room except the sick lady from Mexico . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 30 #209 Share Posted January 30 Goodness, I should know by now but people are always amazing me at how selfish they can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #210 Share Posted January 30 We are experiencing some computer glitches as it has been idle for almost a month and it keeps trying to give us upgrades that we don't want . We think that we have returned it to a simi normal mode so let's try to post some photos before the doctor visit . We stayed a day before in the Sherton Convention hotel with a view of the ships leaving the port and a large building next to us . We had a club pass on the 22nd floor with afternoon munchies . The next morning sunrise . 1st bus ride from a large boarding area after about half an hour . They announced Blue # 1 ( Suites ) and White # 1 so there was a rush to the bus . It was packed and a lady next to me scolded me for carrying on a carry on bag . The second smaller holding room at the port this time . The same overcrowded busses to the ship this time . Boarding the Star . The suites boarded in the farther ramp an we walked to the front of the ship to our cabin . But we were on now ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #211 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 2 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Goodness, I should know by now but people are always amazing me at how selfish they can be. I wanted to try to help the lady but we have no medicine and I can't tell her what is wrong so she need's to see a Doctor as we are going to do in about half an hour . Fortunately we didn't begin to feel sick until Sunday as we were flying home . It made for a very long day beginning at 0400 and ending after midnight on the wristwatch . They are 2 hours ahead of us on EST . BA is currently 79 F and we are 49 F , quite the change in weather . Edited January 30 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #212 Share Posted January 30 (edited) It is offical , we both have Covid . No meds given so we tried to buy a generic Dayquil and Nightquil , but they are out of it at the local supermarkets . As the pharmacist said " Tis the season " . Just ordered it from the big smile company , thank you same day service . Edited January 30 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCGuy64 Posted January 30 #213 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, scubacruiserx2 said: It is offical , we both have Covid . No meds given so we tried to buy a generic Dayquil and Nightquil , but they are out of it at the local supermarkets . As the pharmacist said " Tis the season " . Just ordered it from the big smile company , thank you same day service . Yikes! Wishing you both a speedy recovery, @scubacruiserx2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 30 #214 Share Posted January 30 A shame, hope you can recover quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #215 Share Posted January 30 3 hours ago, DCGuy64 said: Yikes! Wishing you both a speedy recovery, @scubacruiserx2! 3 hours ago, MicCanberra said: A shame, hope you can recover quickly Thanks , much better at home than on vacation . We did a lot of travel in Patagonia by vehicle and we're glad that nothing health related occured there . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #216 Share Posted January 30 A rough video clip of us boarding the NCL Star . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 30 Author #217 Share Posted January 30 We tried to upload a video of our cabin 2 times today . It timed out the first time when we went to the Doctor . The suite was so big that it took 15 minutes to video and more than an hour to upload ! The second time we were here and moving around on youtube helped it to upload , again more than an hour , but they said that they couldn't process it even though it was captured . Youtube said : Processing abandoned Video is too long. Learn more . We followed their instructions and are trying a 3rd time . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 31 Author #218 Share Posted January 31 (edited) We were in a suite and were escorted to Cagneys for lunch . The Menu didn't change if we ate lunch there . A look at the cruise And the Owners suite ( aka the deuce suite ) 2 bath rooms Master bath and walk in closet 2 washing areas 2 views of the bedroom . Notice anything weird ? Azamara to the Port Edited January 31 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 31 Author #219 Share Posted January 31 Thanks for going along @stonepebble and @MicCanberra ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 31 Author #220 Share Posted January 31 This video of the cabin was done live in one take with all of sounds and sights left intact as we first saw this amazing suite . We never thought that we could afford it but had originally booked it for Iceland and the UK in August of this year . But with NCL's generous 10% Vetereans discount , it's location and a last minute purchase , we changed trips and saved about 50 % . It is the same cabin that we had booked for August . We hope that you will be as amazed as we were with this dated , but beautiful suite . However , we would recommend the Starboard side for this trip if it is available - which it wasn't . A warning , the video take 15 minutes to try to show it all . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonepebble Posted January 31 #221 Share Posted January 31 Beautiful!!! Know you loved every minute of that cabin! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 31 Author #222 Share Posted January 31 24 minutes ago, stonepebble said: Beautiful!!! Know you loved every minute of that cabin! Chris Thanks Chris . We did milk that cow at a bargain price , just not dry . 🙂😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 31 Author #223 Share Posted January 31 We have had a concierge before with HAL Neptune Suites , but never a butler ! Our first request was to change the 3 bottles of hard liquor and soda for water . The second was to request a dinner menu and to have dinner in the suite for sail away . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonepebble Posted January 31 #224 Share Posted January 31 I'm so sorry you got sick after your vacation! We're just off of a Southern Caribbean on Symphony of the Seas. First my husband got really sick...cold, Covid or the flu...we're not testing anymore. Now I'm sick! Hoping it means our immunity will be very high for Antartica!!!🤞🙏☘️ Chris I know you are very Thankful you didn't have it on your great vacation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted January 31 Author #225 Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, stonepebble said: I'm so sorry you got sick after your vacation! We're just off of a Southern Caribbean on Symphony of the Seas. First my husband got really sick...cold, Covid or the flu...we're not testing anymore. Now I'm sick! Hoping it means our immunity will be very high for Antartica!!!🤞🙏☘️ Chris I know you are very Thankful you didn't have it on your great vacation! When and who are you going with to Antarctica , if we may ask ? We hope and pray that you feel better soon . 🙏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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