Well the reality of having our cruise shortened is setting in. But that did not stop us from enjoying a visit to the Falkland Islands!
Our day started very early since we had to be ready to leave on our excursion as soon as the ship was ready to begin tender service. This was a rather long excursion that included what the description called "a long ride over rough terrain".
We were met on the pier by several 4 wheel drive vehicles which would drive us to Volunteer Point to see 3 kinds of penguins: King, Gentoo, and Magellanic. The ride started out OK, but as it progressed, the road got worse and worse. After a brief stop, we headed into the last 10 mile section which was extremely rough - it took over 1 hour to traverse the 10 miles and we were bounced around as our Land Rover crossed the rutted and bumpy terrain. But we did see a LOT of penguins.
At the top right is a picture of a large group of Gentoo penguins followed by a picture of an even larger group of King penguins (and that picture did not capture all of the Kings!)
On the left is a close up of a King Penguin along with a picture of a group of Kings walking along (ship internet is too slow to upload a 10 second video). Finally there is a a picture of me walking with a King.
During the 2+ hour ride back to the town of Stanley, we stopped so one person could see a memorial to the 1982 Falklands war, since a relative had died at that site in a friendly fire incident. We still had time for some shopping before we tendered back to the ship.
After we returned, we had dinner in the buffet followed by a new production show called On the Bayou, and which we enjoyed a lot. It had a nice story and lots of dance numbers along with signing.
Tomorrow is a relaxing sea day as we head back to Argentina.
Our day started very early since we had to be ready to leave on our excursion as soon as the ship was ready to begin tender service. This was a rather long excursion that included what the description called "a long ride over rough terrain".
We were met on the pier by several 4 wheel drive vehicles which would drive us to Volunteer Point to see 3 kinds of penguins: King, Gentoo, and Magellanic. The ride started out OK, but as it progressed, the road got worse and worse. After a brief stop, we headed into the last 10 mile section which was extremely rough - it took over 1 hour to traverse the 10 miles and we were bounced around as our Land Rover crossed the rutted and bumpy terrain. But we did see a LOT of penguins.
At the top right is a picture of a large group of Gentoo penguins followed by a picture of an even larger group of King penguins (and that picture did not capture all of the Kings!)
On the left is a close up of a King Penguin along with a picture of a group of Kings walking along (ship internet is too slow to upload a 10 second video). Finally there is a a picture of me walking with a King.
During the 2+ hour ride back to the town of Stanley, we stopped so one person could see a memorial to the 1982 Falklands war, since a relative had died at that site in a friendly fire incident. We still had time for some shopping before we tendered back to the ship.
Tomorrow is a relaxing sea day as we head back to Argentina.
2 comments:
Wow , a lot of penguins there Bill , they are large , very cute
Pat
Is it a weird vibe on the ship with all that’s been going on? It had to be fun to see all those penguins!
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