Symphony of Lakes and Volcanoes:

Unfortunately we had rain and were unable to see the top of the volcano or the views from up at the top.  I did get nice views going up however.  
The Petrohue Rapids were really nice in rain or when the sun peaked out.
The lunch we had in Ensenada, Chile was also very very nice.  All in all it was a nice port.

Puerto Montt

Unfortunately, we were not able to land in Antarctica so we went to El Calafate, Argentina instead.

It was very beautiful.  The day was very nice.  However the food on the airline that had been chartered and used by two cruiselines was the worse I have ever tasted.

This being said El Calafate and the Perito Moreno Glacier was an awesome sight to see.

Punta Arenas

This was probably the nicest day that Stanley, Falkland Islands had had in a while.  The water was calm and the sun was out.

I went to see the Rockhopper penguins.  We set out on a minibus from the tender port and then when we got to the farm.  We transfered to 4X4's for a ride out to the penguins.  It was well worth it.  We had just over an hour with the penguins.

After we got back to the farm from the penguins, we loaded back onto the mini-busses to head back to Stanley.  We were given the option to be dropped off at the museum which I did and walked back to the port.  We had lots of time in Stanley and I loved it.

Stanley

We took a steam train trip and then were met by the buses for a bus tour around Montevideo.  Both were great.  Note however you do not see much from the train it is more for the experiance.  When arriving back to the port we had quite a while to walk around.  A very nice day.

Montevideo

Almost centre of the ship.  Great room especially on itineraries that you want quick access to both sides of the ship quickly.  Loved the Lanai room.

Only negative was it was across from the laundry room and got noisy once but laundry was only open from 8am - 10pm so this was never an issue.  The other thing we noticed was tender boat 7 was noisy when coming down.  

If you are easy waking up they do wash the windows around 5:30 am.  I personally never heard them.

(Also his daily updates, were great too)

DISEMBARKATION:
We were in the first group to leave the ship as we were doing a post-cruise with HAL and had to be at the airport shortly after we docked.PORT & SHORE EXCURSIONS:
Ports were great and I did book all my shore excursions from HAL.

Veendam Review

Once in a lifetime - and now I want to go again!

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