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Buenos Aires, Plus...
We had to leave Antarctica a day early because of storms forcasted in the seas between the Antarctic peninsula and the tip of South...
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Mar 19, 20238 min read
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Antarctica
The "jewel in the crown" portion of our voyage began on Saturday, March 4 with a visit to Elephant Island. Elephant Island is where...
dougsmith51
Mar 11, 20235 min read
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South Georgia
After leaving the Falkland Islands, it took two-and-a-half days at sea to arrive at South Georgia, which we explored for five days....
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Mar 5, 20235 min read
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The Falkland Islands
We boarded the MS Fram mid-afternoon on Sunday, February 19. We decided to get to the dock by walking the 25 minutes from our Punta...
dougsmith51
Mar 1, 20234 min read
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Patagonia and the Blue Towers
We started our adventures with a long flight (three legs) to the southern tip of South America, flying first to JFK airport then from...
dougsmith51
Feb 25, 20235 min read
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Coming Up: Patagonia and Antarctica
We WILL be getting back on the RV road in June, but in the meantime we're taking a COVID-postponed trip that includes Patagonia in Chile...
dougsmith51
Feb 11, 20231 min read
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More From the Dolomites Photography Workshop
We'd previously dropped a blog post about our week in the Dolomites, providing an overview of our time there and the photo workshop we...
dougsmith51
Dec 3, 20224 min read
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Rome
Leaving our Abruzzo relatives behind on October 31 we drove to our final Italian destination, the eternal city of Rome. We'd booked a...
dougsmith51
Nov 19, 20226 min read
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Tuscany and Abruzzo
Armed once again with a rental car (another Fiat 500 hybrid with manual transmission), we drove south from Venice to our next home base...
dougsmith51
Nov 12, 20224 min read
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Venice
As our Dolomites adventure wound down, we were driven back to the Venice airport. There are several ways to get from the airport to the...
dougsmith51
Nov 1, 20225 min read
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The Dolomites
We spent eight days in the Dolomites on our photography workshop organized by Wild Photography Holidays. The workshop was led by James...
dougsmith51
Oct 20, 20222 min read
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Milan and Lake Como
Having crammed five weeks of stuff (including winter clothes and Doug's camera equipment for our photo workshop in the Dolomites) into...
dougsmith51
Oct 13, 20227 min read
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Coming Up: A Photo Trip to Italy
NOTE: We will be spending the entire month of October and early November in Italy. Even though it's not a trip in the Ciaowagen, we're...
dougsmith51
Sep 29, 20222 min read
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How to Take Great Pictures of Flowing Water With Your iPhone
We've received a number of compliments on our pictures of waterfalls and streams this year, especially the pictures where the falls or...
dougsmith51
Nov 14, 20201 min read
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