The Adventure Ends

Pedro picked us up at the hotel and took us to the airport, where we apprehensively approached check-in and the luggage hassle.  They wouldn't allow our carry on.  It had to be checked.  They piled it all on the scales and we thought, here we go again. Then we saw Pedro give a head nod and make a subtle comment to the airline staff.  Sudenly, our baggage disappeared down the conveyer belt without any weight overcharge, just "Have a nice flight."  Check-in also only took about 2 minutes. When we boarded the plane, it was a brand new jet-large seats, leg room and a wonderful flight crew.  What a great way to end our flying experience with Aerolineas.  Certainly, a great deal different than all our other airport and flights via Aerolineas in Argentina.  When we originally saw our flight schedules and the long layovers between flights in Argentina, we asked the agent why?  He just said, you'll need the time.  As it turned out, a 3-4 hour space between flights when using the domestic airport is just about right.  So, should any of you one day have to travel within Argentina using Aerolineas, make sure you have hours to check-in and make your flight.  Our flight home via American went without a hitch and we got back to BWI at 12:00 noon, only to find the temperature in Baltimore, colder than in Antarctica.  We were picked-up by our friend and neighbor Joe, with a welcoming cold nose and prolific licks from Maxie, his long haired minature daschund and also our "god dog."  Thus ended the vacation adventure of a lifetime.  It's always nice to come home, but we have been left with thoughts of wonderful new friends and experiences of which we could only have dreamed.  Should any of you decide one day to venture into the polar regions, make your first call to Quark Expeditions.  Without a doubt, they are the class in this category.

Post Script:  While on board ship we only had access to email.  We would send our entries to our nephew, Ian, and he would post them to our blog.  This meant we were unable to include any photos.  So, we are going back to our previous entries and include some photos from the approximately 2000 we took to give you a flavor for our experience.  Hope you can take the time to reread and view the photos.