Collect Memories, Not things
Collect Memories, Not things
In the morning we had been told that there would be a 4:15 AM soft wakeup call if the weather was good to see the sn rise over Gold Harbor. Fortunately or unfortunately, the weather was snowy and overcast so…
We started our day in a really beautiful protected cove called Godthul, still in South Georgia. When we first arrived we were greeted with a large iceberg covered in Penguins. They had planned some hikes and it was supposed to…
In the morning of the second day in South Georgia we woke up to an early wake up all as we passed the area where Sir Ernest Shackleton finally reached South Georgia about 7 months after he and his men…
We woke up looking out at Icebergs out the window. We were headed for a harbor where we hoped to at least get into the Zodiacs to cruise by the Macaroni Penguins, but the wind was 40 knots gusting to…
Today was a sea day so we thought we would take some time and give a little more color concerning the staff and some of our fellow travelers, as well as the required decontamination that we did have to perform…
Today we visited the capital of the Falklands – Stanley. It’s really the only town of any size here. We headed out for a dry landing, which is nice because it means we don’t need to wear the knee high…
Today we have 2 stops in the Falklands. The first is called Carcass where we opted to take a 2.5 mile hike which passes some Penguin colonies, and has lots of nesting birds. The Zodiac ride to shore was quite…
We had a 6:30 AM wake-up call this morning for breakfast, and then headed to our first stop at Saunders Island. At this cove there are 4 different types of Penguin colonies Gentoo,Magellanic, Rock Hopper and King Penguins. Penguin Colonies…
After a light snack on the ship we did another landing on Saunders to have a BBQ lunch and see a sheep farm. Before we left the ship we noticed someCommerson’s dolphins pl;aying in the wake of the Zodiacs and…
Today is a full sea day and the seas are quite rough so most people are taking some sort of motion sickness medicine which makes everyone tired so it’s nice that there’s some time to rest. We had breakfast in…
We left on busses to the airport to await our charter flight. Not much of note it was a 3 hour flight which landed in a tiny airport with 2 gates. We collected our luggage and headed to a large…
We had breakfast on the 31st floor of the hotel which had beautiful views of the city. View from the restaurant at the top of the hotel View from the restaurant at the top of the hotel View from the…