Ushuaia, Argentina

The hotel is pretty basic and there is very much a transitional feel to it so we decide not to hang round. It has a great location looking out over the Beagle channel but you can’t stroll along the shore due to a uncrossable river, so we took the road for 45mins back to town. We genuinely have nothing to do today prior to 3.30pm when we meet to embark the Ocean Diamond so we visited several coffee shops and made the most of wifi to catch up with friends. My post office credit card is blocked again, so really frustrated that I will have to ring them when I get back to resolve – don’t know what the issue is this time. We buy more wine and head down to the port to begin boarding, we also spot the huge cruise liner Crown Princess in the next berth which makes our ship look tiny in a good way. Cabin is a big size and we are just behind the bridge at the front of the ship, level 6, so good spot. We seem to get a lot of briefings and then a lifeboat drill, get our jackets which are huge yellow parkas…. all while people are taking pictures! Strange to be among so may tourists. We manage a big 4 course dinner, definitely going to be well fed and free wine throughout which was a surprise. Sleep was surprisingly had to come by, I seem to be awake as everything swayed around for most of the night. Finally put headphones in and moved head to other end of the bed which seemed more effective.