Date: Jan 27, 2008 8:37 AM
Subject: 1/26/2008
1/26/2008
Cruising the Chilean Fjords on the way to Punta Arenas, Chile around the Horn, Day II.
The morning started with misdirection. Yesterday we had been given invitations to meet on the 7th floor by the atrium at 7:45 AM. From there we were going to go out on the outside front deck, weather permitting, for a special look at a ship wreck. They called it “Wreck From The Deck”. This was only for those doing the full round trip from and to Ft. Lauderdale. They promised a unique gift and said bring your cameras and appetite. Doesn’t that sound like they were going to have breakfast? It was 7:45 in the morning.
For many days now they have been telling us this has been some of the warmest weather in history. The guides and the narrator for the ship keep telling us they have never seen it so clear. It is almost always raining and foggy. The narrator says she has been doing this for 20 years and has never before seen some of the glaciers and mountains we have seen today. But the “Wreck From The Deck” had to be changed to a rear lounge because of the weather. It this was not good enough weather, and there has never been weather this good, what genius thought up this stupid 
thing? Another job well planned. They have to be hiring at funny farms to get this quality personal.
How about, “bringing your appetite”? What would you expect at 8:00 AM? Breakfast foods? Pastries? How ridicules of anyone to have thought that. Doesn’t anyone besides these geniuses know what you serve at 8:00 AM? It’s so obvious. Pretzels of course. See, I knew you would never get that one. But they did have coffee without enough staff to serve it or enough cups. Whoever plans
this crap should be lynched, or maybe this is how it’s done on NCL.
Now what about the “Unique Gift”? You will never guess this one, too. In preparation for our shore tour to Ushuaia in a few days, they have provided us with striped prison costumes. Can you guess where I would like to shove those uniforms, I mean “Unique Gifts”? I’ll bet you got that one right. There is an old prison that is now a museum in Ushuaia. (sounds like OOsh why ah). It must be
a great idea to show up dressed as inmates so we don’t get confused with the inmates.
Moving right along with stupids R them, it was gorgeous sunny weather. It was in the 50s which is as warm as it has ever been. The scenery traveling through is mile after mile of amazing things. Soon we came to the ship wreck we had to get up and eat pretzels for. They did not even slow down let alone stop when we got to it. We had asked the captain which side of the ship it would be on. As
it was going to be on our side, we forced ourselves to give up pretzels and the cattle call to get near a window in the lounge, and went to our cabin to get what turned out to be the best possible view.
The wreck had a very interesting story, if it is true. The ship was the Santa Leonora of the Grace Line. It went down in 1987 if I remember correctly. When going through this Magellan Channel there is always a pilot or two aboard. At this point there had been
an argument between the ship’s captain and the pilot. The pilot said they had to turn left and the captain said they had to turn right. After a short argument the captain gave in and said all right, all right. The mate hearing only the right immediately turned right and into the rocks.
The weather stayed wonderful all day. We saw five whales, loads of sea lions and penguins, and all kinds of birds. It was chilly out here in Chile so we had put on our parkas and sat out on the balcony and watched the beautiful snow covered mountains and green, green valleys go by. I was dozing a little when we saw this funny shape come out of the water. It was very close to the ship. At first it looked pretty small but quickly became huge as more and more of it came out of the water. It looked like some kind of dinosaur or maybe more like the pictures of that Lock Ness thing. We did not wait to find out and dove into the room from the balcony. It may have been just in time. As we turned to look back we saw it stick it’s head onto the balcony next to ours and grab hold of the lady standing there. It almost bit her in half. Blood was everywhere as he took a couple of chews and swallowed her. She didn’t even have time to scream.
These sea days don’t have much to write about. None of that monster stuff was true. I made it all up to see if you were paying attention. Everything else was true though.
The other big deal was when we had to stop to see a cross on top of a mountain. It is called Cape Forward. This is the furthest south piece of land on the South American continent. There are other pieces of land further south according to the map but they are islands. Then we went to dinner. Dinner was very good.
Cruising the Chilean Fjords on the way to Punta Arenas, Chile around the Horn, Day II.
The morning started with misdirection. Yesterday we had been given invitations to meet on the 7th floor by the atrium at 7:45 AM. From there we were going to go out on the outside front deck, weather permitting, for a special look at a ship wreck. They called it “Wreck From The Deck”. This was only for those doing the full round trip from and to Ft. Lauderdale. They promised a unique gift and said bring your cameras and appetite. Doesn’t that sound like they were going to have breakfast? It was 7:45 in the morning.For many days now they have been telling us this has been some of the warmest weather in history. The guides and the narrator for the ship keep telling us they have never seen it so clear. It is almost always raining and foggy. The narrator says she has been doing this for 20 years and has never before seen some of the glaciers and mountains we have seen today. But the “Wreck From The Deck” had to be changed to a rear lounge because of the weather. It this was not good enough weather, and there has never been weather this good, what genius thought up this stupid thing? Another job well planned. They have to be hiring at funny farms to get this quality personal.How about, “bringing your appetite”? What would you expect at 8:00 AM? Breakfast foods? Pastries? How ridicules of anyone to have thought that. Doesn’t anyone besides these geniuses know what you serve at 8:00 AM? It’s so obvious. Pretzels of course. See, I knew you would never get that one. But they did have coffee without enough staff to serve it or enough cups. Whoever plans
this crap should be lynched, or maybe this is how it’s done on NCL.Now what about the “Unique Gift”? You will never guess this one, too. In preparation for our shore tour to Ushuaia in a few days, they have provided us with striped prison costumes. Can you guess where I would like to shove those uniforms, I mean “Unique Gifts”? I’ll bet you got that one right. There is an old prison that is now a museum in Ushuaia. (sounds like OOsh why ah). It must be
a great idea to show up dressed as inmates so we don’t get confused with the inmates.Moving right along with stupids R them, it was gorgeous sunny weather. It was in the 50s which is as warm as it has ever been. The scenery traveling through is mile after mile of amazing things. Soon we came to the ship wreck we had to get up and eat pretzels for. They did not even slow down let alone stop when we got to it. We had asked the captain which side of the ship it would be on. As
it was going to be on our side, we forced ourselves to give up pretzels and the cattle call to get near a window in the lounge, and went to our cabin to get what turned out to be the best possible view.The wreck had a very interesting story, if it is true. The ship was the Santa Leonora of the Grace Line. It went down in 1987 if I remember correctly. When going through this Magellan Channel there is always a pilot or two aboard. At this point there had been
an argument between the ship’s captain and the pilot. The pilot said they had to turn left and the captain said they had to turn right. After a short argument the captain gave in and said all right, all right. The mate hearing only the right immediately turned right and into the rocks.The weather stayed wonderful all day. We saw five whales, loads of sea lions and penguins, and all kinds of birds. It was chilly out here in Chile so we had put on our parkas and sat out on the balcony and watched the beautiful snow covered mountains and green, green valleys go by. I was dozing a little when we saw this funny shape come out of the water. It was very close to the ship. At first it looked pretty small but quickly became huge as more and more of it came out of the water. It looked like some kind of dinosaur or maybe more like the pictures of that Lock Ness thing. We did not wait to find out and dove into the room from the balcony. It may have been just in time. As we turned to look back we saw it stick it’s head onto the balcony next to ours and grab hold of the lady standing there. It almost bit her in half. Blood was everywhere as he took a couple of chews and swallowed her. She didn’t even have time to scream.
These sea days don’t have much to write about. None of that monster stuff was true. I made it all up to see if you were paying attention. Everything else was true though.
The other big deal was when we had to stop to see a cross on top of a mountain. It is called Cape Forward. This is the furthest south piece of land on the South American continent. There are other pieces of land further south according to the map but they are islands. Then we went to dinner. Dinner was very good. 
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