The crossing took longer than expected. In fact, it took 11 days more than we had been told. But still, it was an amazing way to get across the ocean and we would probably do it again if we ever succeed in forgetting about the extreme boredom we experienced.B But there were moments that will stay with us forever. These moments are best explained with photos. 

Our first day as we made our way past containers in the port of Buenos Aires to our ship. We are on moto number 2...

The ship we called home for a month...

The ship is a RORO type vessel, meaning Roll On Roll Off. Very convenient if you want to transport vehicles. In fact, the Grande Buenos Aires has a carrying capacity of 3600 vehicles. There are a total of 8 decks similar to this one and all just as big...

The front of the ship can accomodate a large number of containers...

But being a cargo ship means priority is for goods being transported rather than passengers, hence the smallish rooms...

And bigish engines...

Here is a view from the top deck of the ship. This is a picture of our first port of call in Brazil...

When we weren't hanging out up top or in our room we spent time with our fellow passengers...

In total we were nine passengers, Jeff and Jean (Toyota Landcruiser), John and Denise (also on a Landcruiser), Arno (Honda Transalp), Jean-Marie (not pictured and traveling without a vehicle) and Suzanna (also not pictured and without vehicle). They were a great group and helped make the trip lots of fun.

So now we are in Belgium. Who would have thought that Europe would be so cold and rainy in February!

Brian