New posts uploaded

I plan to spend the next week or so filling in a few gaps in the current blog record of our recent travels. This includes posts on our time in Chile, including Easter Island, and several posts capturing highlights from the final days of our train journey through the Swiss Alps. 

As a start, I've posted updates today about our brief Santiago stopover and an early morning tour of the El Tatio geyser field high in the Andes. Both posts have been back-dated so that they appear online roughly around the date they occurred. You'll have to scroll down a little to find them. Check back during the week for accompanying photos I've yet to upload. Watch for more such posts in the days ahead.

Finally, for those so inclined, here's a day-by-day summary of our extraordinary sabbatical itinerary back to Australia. This little beauty has tested my HMTL coding skills to their limit. I've included all of the 11th-hour itinerary changes that occurred after we were stranded in Antarctica for three days.

DAY	DATE	LOCATION	NOTES
SAT	11 Dec	Vienna	Le Meridien Hotel
SUN	12 Dec	Vienna	Royal Palace
MON	13 Dec	Vienna	Christmas Markets
TUE	14 Dec	Salzburg	Mozart Dinner Concert
WED	15 Dec	Kitzbuhel	Picked up by Hamish
THU	16 Dec	Kitzbuhel	Hahnenkamm lunch
FRI	17 Dec	Liechtenstein	Hotel Residence
SAT	18 Dec	Bern	Glacier Express: Chur to Brig
SUN	19 Dec	Interlaken	Day exploring Bern
MON	20 Dec	Interlaken	Jungfraujoch Railway
TUE	21 Dec	Santiago	Evening flight from Frankfurt
WED	22 Dec	Punta Arenas	Transfer flight to Punta Arenas
THU	23 Dec	Tour Day 1	Join group for Fly Cruise Antarctica
FRI	24 Dec	Tour Day 2	Flight to South Shetlands
SAT	25 Dec	Tour Day 3	Mikkelsen Harbour & Cierva Cove
SUN	26 Dec	Tour Day 4	Dorian Bay & Charcot Cove
MON	27 Dec	Tour Day 5	Paradise Bay & Neko Harbour
TUE	28 Dec	Tour Day 6	Deception Island & Half Moon Island
WED	29 Dec	Tour Day 7	Stranded in Antarctica
THU	30 Dec	Tour Day 8	Stranded in Antarctica
FRI	31 Dec	Tour Day 9	NYE stranded in Antarctica
SAT	1 Jan	Santiago	Flight to Punta Arenas
SUN	2 Jan	Tour Day 1	Hotel Taha Tai. Easter Island
MON	3 Jan	Tour Day 2	Rano Kau. Orongo. Ana Kakenga
TUE	4 Jan	Tour Day 3	Puna Pau. Rano Raraku. Ahu Tongariki
WED	5 Jan	Tour Day 4	Flight to Santiago
THU	6 Jan	Tour Day 1	Morning flight to Calama
FRI	7 Jan	Tour Day 2	Salar de Atacama
SAT	8 Jan	Tour Day 3	Tulor & Pukara de Quitor
SUN	9 Jan	Tour Day 4	El Tatio. Fly to Santiago
MON	10 Jan	Santiago	City Bus Tour. Evening flight to NZ.
TUE	11 Jan		Cross the Dateline
WED	12 Jan	Tauranga	Transfer in Auckland
THU	13 Jan	Tauranga
FRI	14 Jan	Auckland	Evening with Matt & Shelley
SAT	15 Jan	Sydney	Home again!