Thursday Dec. 9, we got up at 4:00. We had a light breakfast at 4:30 and boarded the bus at 5:15 am. We drove to the airport and checked in. We found out that we all tested negative for covid and now we needed an exit form for Argentina. So, after we all checked in, we filled out the proper paperwork. Our flight left at 9. We got to Ushuaia at 12:30. We collected our bags and boarded the bus for lunch at the albatross. We boarded the ship at 3:30. They changed our room to 431. It is a nice room… small but adequate. We had a welcome orientation and lifeboat drill at 4:45. We did not set sail through the beagle channel until 7:30 because Argentina was still waiting on the paperwork. We had dinner at le Coromandel at 8:15. There are 76 Tauck passengers and 122 total passengers with a staff of 158. There are two restaurants…le Coromandel and Le Rodrigues. There are two bars, the Main lounge, and the observation lounge.