There isn't much to report on these days, most of day one is getting people to the hotel, they check you in and you get some basic info, Freestyle offered us a free dinner so we could see who else booked the tour with them, which was great.

These days are the best time to explore Ushuaia, as there isn't a whole lot happening, but make sure on day 2 you are at the pickup point in time!

Day 2 is where you board the ship you leave your bags at the hotel with your name on it, and they transfer your luggage to the boat and your room. by the afternoon, you are on board. a quick safety meeting and you are away!

So, you are on the drake passage or shake! Congratulations! The first hard part is underway.

We got the Drake Shake, it was bad. as they said to us after the tour normally when you get hit it is from the front or the side, which they can control the speed of the boat and it make it easier to ride out.
we got hit from both sides, which made everyone sick, including half the crew which isn't normal.

What did we do on the boat during the crossing?

There is always something to do, they always keep you busy.
every hour there was activates, information lectures, or meal time.
on our boat with the information lectures they were steamed to our tv in the room which was great when you weren't feeling good.

On the second day of the drake they will fit you with the gear that you need for the landings, and you will receive your free jacket!

Lucky for us the first day of the Drake was a "Shake" and the second was the passage, we highly recommend taking travel sickness drugs, the ones we recommend are called "Dramamine" and make sure you take them before you set off! as they said on the Ship, be ahead of the sickness don't play catch up!

Wildlife and Sealife was abundant, Dolphins were seen before we left the bay. On day 2 whales were seen every 30 minutes if your boat allows it go the bridge and borrow there binoculars.
You will also start seeing your ice burgs on  day 2 keep an eye out!

There isn't any free WIFI on board you are totally disconnected, you can buy internet but it is very expensive and not much data, to give you an idea, the smallest data packet was 2GB which was $50 USD and the largest is 30GB which was $350 USD
IF you do buy internet, make sure DATA BACKUP is off or you will waste all your internet on that.
So just enjoy the untouched beauty of Antarctica.

TODAYS THE DAY.
DON'T PANIC. BREATH.
I'll be honest, i only slept for maybe 3-4 hours.
i was up at 3am because i was so EXCITED. It was crazy because at this time of the year we had 23 hours of sun, it never fully disappeared always light outside.

I remember being on top of the ship watching it enter the bay, it will be something i will never forget, magical, breathtaking, and nothing i had ever seen before.

I woke Shawna around 5am, by this point we were in bay surrounded by land. (I would of woken her earlier, but she was still recovering from the drake shake)
Shawna will  say the same thing, breathtaking is an understatement, Tears were had. Was it from the cold? Maybe a little.
 
All this before breakfast, crazy.
Around 7am the ship parked.  Breakfast went ahead like it was an ordinary day, but in Antarctica.
After breakfast we got dressed in warm clothes and called down to the mud room. Getting dressed for our first expedition.

The way our boat ran was 100 people went onto land, while the other 100 did zodiac's around the area.
Being our group was called later we did the zodiac first, which involves boating around the bay looking at wildlife, ice bergs, sightseeing etc. This is just as amazing as the landings.
This only last an hour or so before you swap with people from the land.

Fun Fact, Leopard seal's are arseholes, They like to bite the zodiac's and damage them, but don't worry they are built to take damage and they wont sink with one bite.