February 2, 2025

PUERTO NATALES, CHILE

Along the road on the way to Puerto Natalie's, we stopped at the Natural Monument, Milodon Cave or Cueva del Milodon. The cave treasures the stories and experiences of the first human groups on the continent. Men and women came here seeking refuge from the unpredictable weather and on the lookout for wild animals. When the cave was discovered in 1895, by Hermann Eberhard, a German pioneer, he found the remains of a an animal skin later identified as a prehistoric Milodon more than 14,000 years old.


A wooden path leads to the entrance of the imposing and majestic cave.

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Friends who were at cave earlier in the day had told me there was a family of 4 baby foxes playing in the rocky center of the cave. We scanned the whole area looking for them and I thought I saw one sleeping, lying amongst the rocks. However, when I saw their photos later, I realized that we were out of luck.


After the stop at the cave, we headed into the town of Puerto Natales. We did a walk around after checking into our hotel and had some time for shopping and strolling, before our dinner reservation.

KOTA KINABALU, SABAH, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • May 25, 2026
We only had about 8 hours of port time in KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia today, due to Port operations. I went out with Delia to see one of the most notable buildings in town, the floating mosque or Masjid Bandaraya. Our GRAB driver actually took our picture when we asked him to wait for us, and then take us to the mall afterwards.

SANTUBONG RIVER, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

By Pat Patrick • May 23, 2026
MALAYSIA , on BORNEO ISLAND made palm seed oil their biggest export back in 1966 and was the top global exporter until 2008, when Indonesia surpassed them. Sadly, the resulting tropical deforestation has created major habitat losses and population declines for the Borneon Orangutans, Pygmy Elephants and Proboscis Monkeys . Many of us on the ship took tours to see these amazing creatures and I wanted to share some of their amazing photos too.

KUCHING, MALAYSIA - BORNEO ISLAND

By Pat Patrick • May 22, 2026
BORNEO ISLAND is a fascinating place, that I had honestly only heard of from the reality tv show Survivor. I'm still learning so much, but I had no idea it is the largest island in Asia and 3rd largest island in the World! It is a mini continent, with 3 different Countries sharing the island's land mass ( Indonesia 73%, Malaysia 26% and Brunei 1% ). We are only going to 2 ports in Malaysia now, one in each of the states of Sarawak and Sabah . Below is a video that highlights and explains thing well.