Julie and Graham’s Fantastic Adventure

We boarded the Quest and quickly settled into life onboard. We were met at  the gangway by the Cruise Director - who was the same one we had on our previous cruise several years ago on Legend - Jan (a small world). While waiting for our suite to be ready we were shown the pool deck and given our cocktails (and something to eat). A great start. The suite is very nice, great bed, a bar (especially now that I have a bottle of single malt in it) and lovely staff. But that's Seabourn. That evening we were invited to dinner along with 5 others with one of the guest entertainers - Steve Stevens (comedian). Very funny night. Our first day at sea. Calm balmy day and we were out to meet our fellow travelers. For Sally, Gary, Trixie and Barry - we met Sally and Gary's clones from the Gold Coast.  They love a drink or 2 - so here we go again. Our first port of call was Puerto Monte in Chile. There wasn't much to do there so 4 of us decided to stretch our legs and walk around ...

On 18 Feb 2020 we started our journey leaving Melbourne, via Sydney, for our 2 month  trip to the South American continent as well as taking in Antarctica and the Caribbean. The 57 day cruise on Seabourn Quest departs from Santiago in Chile and ends in Miami. Clearly it will be an awesome experience - and a test of our discipline in order to avoid the need of a crane to get us off the ship on completion. But first we will spend  5 days in Santiago before boarding on the 23rd. Santiago Day 1 - 5 The flight from Sydney to Santiago was uneventful. Landed in the morning and was greeted by a very hot and dry climate. Getting through immigration was a breeze but getting the transportation to the Hotel was not. Won't dwell on this except to say travelers be wary of what taxi to get.Santiago is interesting. Our Hotel/Apartment is right in the middle of central downtown, close to some very good restaurants and sights. Looking out of our window we see: We went vent...