Two Backpacks One Couple
Follow us on our world tour
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Wednesday, December 31st – Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 World Tour Days: 425 – 428 New Years At Estancia La Peninsula After the highs and lows of attempting to complete the O-Trek backpacking loop we were all looking forward to a more relaxing couple of days. For our next family activity we were picked up from our hotel; what a luxury not walking with our bags to the bus station. At a local dock we were greeted by our guacho host for the next two days, Tomás. It was just our family, the captain, and Tomás on our boat. As we…
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Saturday, December 20th – Tuesday, December 30th, 2025 World Tour Days: 414 – 424 Arriving to Puerto Natales Nick and I adjusted to being back on land quickly after our cruise. It was an early 6:30am walk in the rain to the bus station in Ushuaia. That day we would make the long bus journey to Puerto Natales, Chile to start exploring a new part of Patagonia. The rain completely dissolved the paper bag we had been using to hold all of our snacks. Luckily for us there was a nice couple on the bus who had an extra re-useable…
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Wednesday, December 17th – Friday, December 19th, 2025 World Tour Days: 411 – 413 Drake Passage & Beagel Channel (17th – 18th) Day 9: Lectures & Karaoke Night We were sad to be leaving Antarctica, but the ship kept us busy and distracted. It was snowing outside for part of the day, which some people were excited about. Breakfast was basic, with toast, bacon, omelette, etc. I’m happy they did different food every meal every day, but that also meant some meals were better than others. Nick and I attended several lectures onboard. The first one was about marine animals…
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Friday, December 12th – Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 World Tour Days: 406 – 410 Photography Note: As part of our package we got photos from an onboard professional photographer and use his photographs in the blog occasionally. His website is https://www.vegarabelsnes.com/ and instagram is vegarabelsnes. We put his name in the caption below each photograph of his. Fournier Bay (12th) Day 4: Orcas, Humpbacks, Kayaking, & Polar Plunge The best breakfast we had the entire journey was hands down Friday the 12th. We had buttermilk pancakes with cream and berries, unreal. Of course the buffet had hashbrowns, bacon, fried samosas,…