FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 14 – At Sea
March 18, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Islands
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Trip Day 45 – Friday, March 15 – At Sea – thick clouds, rain & wind – high 55
Grytviken, South Georgia Whaling Ovens
- B – wakeup 5:00 first, then 7:00
- A – fall back asleep
- 8:45 – hot cappuccino (or extra spicy as Kim called it)
- 10:00 – School: History – Tristan Da Cunha – most remote inhabited island in the world – next inhabited island or land is farther than any place else on earth – no airport
- 12:30 – lunch – pasta bar w/fresh pasta – garlic, olive oil, onions, tomato sauce, fresh basil, chili flakes, meat sauce – cooked to order
- B – 2:00 – seas get very rough again – barf bags are back out on handrails
- 3:00 – in room movie – the Intouchables – French subtitled English – VG
- 6:45 – happy hour w/Alfredo
- 8:00 – dinner – table of 7 – 3 Brits & 2 expedition team members
- 9:45 – Liars Club – panel of 4 expedition team members are given a word – they each give the definition & brief story of how it came about – contest w/teams of 4 passengers to guess who is lying and which one is telling the truth
- C – our team tied for 1st! – AAA rating & great FUN!
Seal Pups on Tussock Grass in Godthul
FF – (FUN-fact) – The population of Tristan Da Cunha is 264. There are currently 80 families (with 8 last names) that all descended from 15 ancestors (8 men and 7 women) arriving from 1816 to 1908.
More FF – They lived without electricity or running water until the 1940’s. Then in 1961 the volcano on the island erupted and they were removed, taken to England and dumped into the middle of the 20th century for two years, before the UK deemed the island safe and allowed them to return.
Molting Gentoos