Dragons of the Irony Throne
The town of Labuan Bajo is on Flores Island in Indonesia. From there it is about an hour by boat to Rinca Island, part of Komodo National Park and home to the Komodo dragons. Guides carrying big forked sticks take …
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Land of the Penguins
During the six expedition days on the Antarctica cruise, we made 8 different landings. Most of the stops provided a chance to get close up to different kinds of penguins. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFJeX7rEE8 We also stopped at Arctowski, a polar research base …
Sailing to Antarctica
From Svalbard, I made my way to Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, stopping along the way in Oslo, Barcelona and Buenos Aires. Most of the tourist cruises to Antarctica leave from Ushuaia, which is much closer to Antarctica than Australia …