Friday 16th The Falklands
Got up at 6.30 when our room
service breakfast arrived. We switched on the TV to look at the bridgecam - hmm - seas look a bit choppy! I opened my gifts and cards as it was my birthday, then got
dressed in warm outdoor gear and headed to the prom deck to see what the
weather was really like.
Seas looked even more bumpy and sure enough the Cruise Director, Christina, was
soon on the tannoy telling us that the captain was consulting with his officers over the feasibility
of tendering us ashore. Meanwhile we walked round the decks taking photos. Then
the tannoy again – no shore leave today but we would be staying at anchor till around midday. It was amazing how quickly the weather changed from bright sunlight to dark threatening clouds and back again in the space of a few minutes. Port Stanley was frustratingly close!
I stayed out on promenade deck
and took lots of photos including a parcel of Magellanic penguins swimming by
the ship - my first penguins.
I also took photos of all the beaches and on
closer inspection, spotted a single King Penguin amongst the flocks of Magellanics. You can just see the flash of yellow round it's cheeks.
As we were watching, the French expedition ship, La Boreal arrived to take shelter from the seas outside the islands - at least that is what the captain told us. We had to wait for a lady
to be medically evacuated to Port Stanley and
then we left. She was taken on the Harbour Patrol boat and it illustrated just how choppy the water was!
Did the Pub and Team Trivia Quizzes and won the Destination
Trivia before dinner with two couple from Sweden
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