FUN-photos: Buenos Aires to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise 2013
April 19, 2013 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-photos: Buenos Aires to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise 2013
The third part of our trip had us flying from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Argentina on March 2nd to board the Silversea Expedition for a 22 day cruise. We had three expeditions in the Falkland Islands and six in South Georgia. We were a bit disappointed when we unable to land on Tristan Da Cunha do to rough seas. It is the most remote inhabited island in the world, with Easter Island a close second.
We never planned the trip around seeing some of the most remote islands in the world, it just turned out that way. We loved Antarctica and wanted to see South Georgia without going back to the continent. The Seabourn cruise just happened to include several islands as well.
We arrived in Cape Town on March 22nd for two nights and three days. After eleven straight sea days we were all ready to get off and enjoy land!
If you click on the first picture it will allow you to create a slide show. And it turns out they are in ascending order (in other words, the first is actually the last) Enjoy!
FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 4 – Falkland Islands
March 10, 2013 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 4 – Falkland Islands
The ABC’s of Islands
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Day 35 – Tuesday, March 5 – Pt. Stanley, East Falkland Islands – Cruise Day 4 – thick clouds, very windy, low 50’s – sunrise 6:27 – sunset 7:37
New Island, Falklands
- 10:30 – Gypsy Cove Tour – short bus ride to small bay with crescent white sand beach – walkway on hill above – see massive metal gun from war protecting harbor – small colony of magellanic penguins
- – so windy it pushes the clouds across sky
- 12:00 – dropped off in town – make souvenir run (we were just here 3 weeks ago)
- 1:00 – really rough water, get soaked on Zodiac ride back – so glad I bought the waterproof pants!
Saunder’s Island, Falklands
- 1:30 – lunch – really good curry chicken
- 3:00 – room R & R
- 6:15 – recap & briefing
- 6:30 – happy hour
- 7:30 – dinner w/shipmates (you can either eat by yourself or join a larger table)
FF – (FUN-fact) – Stanley is the capital and only true city (with a cathedral) in the Falklands.
Not so FF – During the Falklands war in 1982 Stanley was occupied by Argentinean troops for about ten weeks. The beaches and land around the city are heavily mined so there is no access.
New Island, Falklands
FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 3 – Falkland Islands
March 9, 2013 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 3 – Falkland Islands
The ABC’s of Islands
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Day 34 – Monday, March 4 – West Falkland Islands – Cruise Day 3 – sunny, 60’s – turns to thick clouds – sunrise 6:39 – sunset 7:53
- 6:00 – wake up
Rockhopper Penguins
- A – really good hot cappuccino
- 7:30 – typical fruit breakfast
- 1st expedition – 8:30 to 10:00 – New Island – short zodiac ride, nice long walk to huge amount of nesting albatross chicks & molting rockhopper penguins – high on cliffs overlooking the sea
- C – only 59 people on ship so we can stay longer (not limited since only 100 people can land at any time)
- C – weather spectacular
- A – 10:30 – order omelet from room service (room service available 24 hrs a day)
- 11:30 – expedition recap & briefing for Stanley
- 12:30 – typical lunch – 3 separate buffet spread of salads, vegetables, meats, bread, cheese & desserts
Albatross Chick
- 2nd expedition – 3:30 to 5:00 – Saunders Island – short walk to other side of island – see huge rookeries of rockhopper, gentoo & magellanic penguins – small colony of king penguins
- A – white sandy beach w/steep jagged cliffs jutting out of the ocean
- C – we see 3 kinds of penguins we hadn’t seen before
- 5:30 – happy hour
- 7:30 – more happy hour
- 8:15 – dinner followed by Alfredo in the Panorama lounge – he is very good and has a huge range of songs he can sing
FF – (FUN-fact) – New Island is 8 miles long and is 148 miles from Stanley.
More FF – Saunders Island is the 4th largest island and is run as a sheep farm. Ian Strange has owned it for 50 years & only 8 people live there.
Stricated Cara Cara
FUN:travel – Pt. Stanley, Falkland Islands – Seabourn Cruise – Day 5
February 10, 2013 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN:travel – Pt. Stanley, Falkland Islands – Seabourn Cruise – Day 5
The ABC’s of Argentina
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Day 9 – Thursday, February 7 – Port Stanley, Falkland Islands – very, very windy – high 50’s – sun with cotton candy clouds – Cruise Day 5
Cathedral & Whalebone Zrch
- B – 8:00 am cappuccino doesn’t taste very good – bitter
- A – go back for another & get new beans – much better
- 9:00 – fruit
- 10:00 – take tender to town
- Sit next to Randy & Rita – they had massages by Gerald
Royal Marine Monument
- C – I think he is the same masseuse from our summer cruise that was so good!
- 10:30 – nice long walk around the only real town on the islands
- highlights include – Battle Memorial, Royal Marine Monument, Jhelum shipwreck, government house gardens, cathedral & whalebone arch
- 12:00 – take tender back
- 12:30 – arrive
- A – lunch theme Mexican! guacamole, tacos, salsas, YUMMY
- A – have lunch date with Don & Steve
- B – they have tour & don’t get back on ship till 3:00
- A – good thing I ate earlier
- A – lots of great conversation & invite them to my surprise birthday party too
- 5:00 – back to room to get ready for…
- C – 6:30 – happy hour @ Observation bar on 10
- 8:00 dinner Olde English
Government House
FF – (FUN-fact) – Every day the two restaurants on deck 8 have a themed lunch and dinner.