Friday, out port of call was Stanley int the Falkland Islands, We had good luck and were able to get into the outter bay where we anchored and then tendered into the dock in the inner bay. It was about a 20 minute ride. This port is often cancelled because of high winds and high waves. Kathy and I went on different excursions today. She took a 3 hour "Bluff Cove Penguin Rookery" and I did the 8 hour "Seal Bay Wildlife Encounter".
I managed to get photos of all 5 varieties of penguin that live in the Falkland Islands.
I hope you enjoy looking at penguins. I sure did and took lots of pictures of them.
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| First sight of land |
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| Two other cruise ship beat us into port. Iw was foggy this morning. |
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| The NCL Norwegian Star |
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| The shore excursions status displayed on screen in the main theater. Mine was the 3rd line down on left side and Kathy was in the 1st excursion group |
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| Coming down to the tender dock |
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| Approaching the tender dock, Three ships had to share the available docks |
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| The town of Stanley |
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| Getting off the tender |
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| First on paved roads a awhile |
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| On the gravels road for the awhile on my 2 1/2 hour drive to the north shore of the island |
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| Sheep farmers have access points to their fields to allow loading of sheep.at the road |
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| Our excursion group of 4x4 Land Rovers |
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| Now going off-road for reast of the way |
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| Glacial rock rubble along the roads |
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| Our driver was Paul |
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| Basic metal bridges |
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| Sometimes the drivers used existing trails |
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| And sometimes they made their own new trail |
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| At our first bathroom stop |
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| The outside doesn't look like much but the inside is very nice |
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| The Land Rover i rode in. |
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| The first penguin rookery we stopped at. These are mostly Rockhopper penguins |
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| THe birds around the edge are Imperial Shags which are a type of Cormorant |
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| One Macaroni Penguin was mixed in with all the Rockhoppers |
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| A group of Upland Geese |
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| I don't know how the penguins get up here |
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| A Turkey Vulture patrolling the area |
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| This oine is molting |
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| Moving on to our next location |
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| Another metal bridge |
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| This is fresh water feed by a river |
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| Some drivers show off |
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| Where we stopped for lunch |
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| An watch the penguins. These are mostly Gentoo Penguins |
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| Lunch - Soup, sandwich, cookie, apple amd coffee and water |
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| The was a number of Magellanic Penguins in a group near the fresh water pond. They have a white semi-circle around the eyes. |
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| This one has been sliding on someplace muddy on it's stomach |
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| back on the road again |
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| Another bathroom break at the top of the hill |
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| More penguins seen on the way out |
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| This bunch had something special - a King Penguin (the one with the yellow at top of it's chest) |
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| More hill climbing |
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| More sheep |
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| There are some gates that needed to be opened and closed |
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| Also a number of cattle guards |
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| Big areas of glacial debris |
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| One of the arae farm buildings |
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| More glacial debris |
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| Part of an Argentine helicopter shot down in the Falkland War in 1882 |
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| Wind turbines used here |
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| Two ships side be side . Ours isnbehind the NCL ship |
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| Driving through town on way to tender pier |
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| Church and Whalbone Arch |
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| Back on the tender |
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| On ride back to our ship |
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| Approaching tender dock |
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| Sailing away from Sydney |
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| A beach on the outer bay had penquins |
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| The NCP ship followed us out |
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| Setting sun going behind the clouds |
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| The moon was visible |
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| On the other side of the ship there was a bit of colot |
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