Page 22 - Seniorstoday January 2023 Issue
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of-a-lifetime had ended.
The last 20 days had seen a gradual
blossoming of friendships. Cards and cell
numbers exchanged, promises to keep in
touch mode. Hugs and kisses rent the air.
End of a dream come true. One more
scored off my bucket list. I walked off the
dock not only with loads of photographs
but also a treasury of memories.
Spectacular nature, its mindnumbing
raw power. The marvels of God’s creation
had me overawed as well as humbled. The
‘Frozen Continent’ is truly magnificent.
Untouched, raw beauty.
Antartica is clearly victim to ‘God
Proposes, Man Disposes’ . Our actions and
Graffiti on a wall in Ushuaia
deeds, with unabated air, sea and waste
Day 21 pollution, are bound to have far-reaching
Monday, 14 November and very, very extreme consequences in
Wind force 1, Sea – calm Antarctica as well as the Arctic. We, the
USHUAIA SENIORS, will escape witnessing the
The Ortelius had docked in Ushuaia unconquerable and unimaginable fury of
at night. The ‘End of the World’, or nature unleashed in all its raw power.
Ushuaia as it is named, is located at the But what future will our beloved
southernmost tip of Argentina. Here is grandchildren inherit from our lifestyles?
where our journey ended. Our adventure- And actions??
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