Day 19 - Wednesday 8th January

Disembarkation Day
Almost impossible to see anything on our passage of the Beagle Channel and we arrived in Ushuaia in misty and very wet condition and 5C, There were 6 other expedition vessels at the quay, so lots of activity

We were the last group to disembark having watched the frantic exchange of contact details between some of our fellow passengers. Unfortunately the bags had been sitting on dockside for some time in in persistent rain so a bit damp as we loaded them on the coach for our transfer to airport where there was still a long check-in queue. We had priority board and business class seats again – but still no fizz.

Uneventful journey – first time I’ve opened my kindle in about 10 days.

It was 32C when we arrive in BA so a bit of a contrast. Lots of long goodbyes in the baggage hall for some or not.

Our prebooked taxi was waiting to take us to our Airbnb in Puerto Madero. Greeted by Lara –comfortable apartment overlooking the old harbour basins (dikes) which have now been redeveloped.

Had to unpack all the bags and lay a lot of wet stuff on balcony to dry including the cases – only negative of whole trip.

Out for some essential supplies and then home to cook dinner for first time in over three weeks – nothing complicated!

Great skyline at night from our balcony.

Everything had dried by the time we finished dinner and we had time for an evening walk around the dikes and then home to start catching up on the blog.