Seno Pia

Fishing Day

The day dawned less favourably than anticipated and captain Darrel decided that we would stay at the same anchorage again. Hench we headed off on a land expedition to the near shore. So whilst Tayla slumbered we
zodied across to the rocks and headed up the hill. A waterfall drained the large lake that was probaly only 15 metres above sea level. A quick jaunt up the hill saw us soon with a great view overlooking the beagle
channel. The weather steadily improved to give us magnificent views of the lightly snow dusted peaks and glaciers surrounding us. Back on the boat the captain encouaged us to have a shower in the capacious head. Multiple trips across the the bay to the waterfall saw the boat water tanks refilled. Subsequently the yacht and people smell almost pleasant.
Ross and Shelene togged up in all the gears(this takes some time) and headed off for a short fish in the kayaks. This was unsuccessful however two inquisitive dolphins were spotted. The fishing continued
back on board and two very large cod(the biggest that the skipper has ever seen caught on the Spirit of Sydney)were caught directly from the boat.
A superb dinner of green chicken curry and a red pumpkin vege curry were quickly whipped up by the galley hands. This was washed down with copious quantities of Malbec. Chocolate mousse and pear completed the
evening and a relatively early evening was had by all.

Glacial Kayaking
No chain clanking in the night and a sound nights sleep saw us up and ready to eat the apple and cinnamon porridge followed quickly by up anchor and away to Seno Pia. It was a smooth chug up the Beagle and a
delicate entry across the bar into the entrance opened up panoramic vista of cascading glaciers down to sea level. The sun was shining and the wind very gentle so the Spirit of Sydney slowly wove its way up through the glacial bergs up the West Arm. The cameras went crazy and the clunking of the bergs against the hull were a gentle reminder of our trip to Antarctica. We readied ourselves for a kayak back down the West Arm. Zillions of photos were taken and the air was filled with the calving and crashing sounds of the glacier descending into the sea.
With all the kayaks launched we played amongst the bergy bits. WOW. With the glacier in the background and the brightly coloured kayakers it was indeed a beautiful and memorable sight - this is why we came here!!
The Spirit headed off and the kayakers set off in two parties to head back down the West Arm. The wind was non existent and it was a gentle paddle amongst the strangely shaped bergs. We lunched on the shore and continued to the branch where the wind had picked up and the sea was a lot choppier. Safely across the channel and the lee of the far shore afforded another gentle paddle up towards yet another glacier cascading
directly into the sea. A large tourist cruise liner was enjoying the glacial views. Duh - I thought we were in the wilderness.
At any rate the forward party headed back to the Spirit for a well earned rest. Joy, Brett and Shelene decided that this was an inadequate amount of exercise and headed across to the glacier for a closer view and a
challenging paddle back to the boat in a head wind.
Becs dived in for a quick swim and surfaced with a gasp and rapidly ejected herself from the tropical waters. Tayla had managed to capture the moment on digital thank goodness as Becs wasn't keen for a repeat.
Frances caught the third substantial fish of the trip and Darrel says that it was the third biggest ever caught aboard this vessel. The barbeque on the back rail is working overtime to cook the superb Argentine lamb (the best in the world we are told). James and Brian believe that three Michelan stars may be in the offing. The red wine has been counted and we believe that we are most probably on target for the correct consumption. The Captain however is rationing the beer as Craig so poorly distributed it on the last tripo.  Tayla made a scrummy chocolate brownie for the very hungry kayakers. It was voted the very best chocolate brownie so far.
Frances

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I slept and I didn't even wake up when they anchor did its thing at 1am! WOW. mehahaha. When I did wake up everyone had ran off to a glacier and all but left me behind :( jokes I just slept through them wanting me to
come with them. I ate a scrummy pie and read a book. Had my first shower in too long and I'm yet to see the two fish Ross managed to fish up. hahaha get it? bad fish joke......... oh well dinners coming and itll be
the first rice dish weve had this whole trip. When Ross asks what I've learned today my stomach will clench in disgust. *giggle boat joke.
I am the Rabbit whisperer.
Tayla.

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On the Spirit of Sydney WE LOVE DORITOS. D-O-R-I-T-O-S!!!!! We also love to Eat espically Craig. He likes to eat ALOT. We enjoy the odd brownie, We love the odd brownie. We like to kayak! and catch lots of fish (congrats to Ross and Frances) Most of us like to sleep, some people sleep alot, even through an anchor chain habubble (mehahaha go ME!) We love all the site seeing, I mean sailing seeing. Hahahahaha and we all love llamas or yamas in spanish but mostly llamas on this vessel we are llamarific llamatastic talking peoples. Go Llama Yamas! Hi people! Try some Doritos, make some brownie and dedicate your fish
tank to the llama yamas!
The Llamas are Happy today.
Tayla.

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