Christmas Day in Paris starts with a flight from Hong Kong landing much earlier than scheduled – just before 6am. Charles de Gaulle airport is largely deserted, with customs and baggage clearance taking less than […]
Le Soleal has arrived in Milford Sound overnight, which is disappointing for those leaving for Queenstown airport at 6.30am from the ship. The Queenstown transfers are leaving at 9am, for a 5 hour bus ride, […]
Fiordland in New Zealand will always be the place that I heard the news of David Bowie’s death, “(f)or here Am I sitting in a tin can” (Space Oddity, 1969) aboard Le Soleal. A spectacular sunset as […]
Bluff is called a ‘technical’ stop to clear customs to re-enter New Zealand, before heading to Fiordland. Bluff is a small port town of less than 2000 people, with most of the employment provided by […]
The plan for today is for zodiac cruising in two locations around the Auckland Islands. Le Soleal has remained anchored at Enderby Island overnight, as we wait for a second severe low pressure system to […]
Having left Macquarie Island a day earlier than planned, yesterday was a sea day to reach Enderby Island as quickly as possible. On the edge of a low pressure system that was predicted to be […]
