Wrap Up

Rio has been a bucket list item for decades,  we loved seeing the sights and walking the streets.  In fact, we almost wish we had done Rio before Antarctica.   Rio is a vibrant, full-of-life city with masses of people enjoying life at the beach.  It was a total contrast to Antarctica.  Our only disappointment was that Myra and Donna were not able to hang glide as planned because the winds were blowing in the wrong direction.

Antarctica

We traveled a total of 17,752 miles.  This includes distance to and from the airport, flight miles and excursion miles.

For us, Antarctica was:

• wild yet fearless (people and animals),
• unforgivingly wet and cold yet since we had the luxury to have the right gear - comfortable,
• overwhelmingly quiet yet beautiful sounds of penguins cooing, Antarctic Thunder and ice cracking,
• white everywhere yet color everywhere – the shocking blue of the sky, the Caribbean green at the base of icebergs, the royal blue streaks in the ice and the black penguins, and
• spectacularly beautiful and awe inspiring yet words do not do it justice.

The four of us have tried to find the words to describe the beauty of Antarctica and the experience of this trip.  We have not succeeded.  You really must see and experience it personally.

We loved everything about this magical trip and are so happy to have shared it with such special friends.