This is an excerpt from a "Tweet" thread that I follow on Twitter: Bus2Antartica. I had to share it because it made me LOL (literally). Poor Nat Geo traveller! At least he made it to the other side! "Andrew Evans is traveling 10,000 miles, from DC to Antarctica, by bus for National Geographic Traveler." Tonight he crossed the "Strait of Magellan" as his following excerpts describe... (reads from the bottom of this post to the top)
2nd miracle tonight: we arrived on the other side. Those passengers not wiping tears from eyes are applauding. Hugging strangers, laughing.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckTravel inspires extreme sentiments. Right now I'm feeling a fear I've never known before: the fear of drowning on a bus. No joke.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckI promise never ever to complain about waiting in the Lincoln Tunnel. Or Washington DC bridge traffic. Just let us get to the other side.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckStaring out into the dark. Arched splashes--dozens of them. Dolphins! Guiding our ship to the other side hopefully. I am frozen w/ fear.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckPitch black, sitting on heavily-rocking bus on heavily-rocking boat. Saltwater waves crash onto bus window. I prefer haunted houses to this.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckMiracle. LOL. No kidding, ferry arrives--after 9 hours, we're going anyway! Bus drives onto rocking boat. OK, I'm a little bit terrified.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckAsking all Twitter followers to hope/pray/wish/do anti-wind dance 2 enable ferry crossing ASAP. Otherwise, tweets will become less cheerful.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeckI've now been traveling--or NOT traveling--for 13 hours. Still determined to make it to Ushuaia by bus. Come high water or hell. As it did.about 3 hours ago from TweetDeckI haven't eaten in nearly 9 hours. No food since all was confiscated at Chilean border. Nothing around here & yet we may be here all night.about 3 hours ago from TweetDeckNo ferry yet, but 1 car tries to cut ahead. 200 cars start honking horns in protest--like Cairo in the wind. Yes, we are just primates.about 3 hours ago from TweetDeckWant to read more about this trip? http://ow.ly/16esD
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