Falkland Islands

Our next stop was the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic approximately 300 miles from east of the South American coast. The majority of the 2,350 people who live in the islands are of British descent. 1980 live in the capital, Stanley, and the remainder live in settlements or on family farms around the islands. English is the spoken language.

This is the only stop that we made where we had to get off the ship into smaller boats to be tendered to shore. I snapped this picture of Chuck just as we got on the dock. We arrived in Stanley.




We went on a tour to see penguins. The tour included riding in 4 wheeled vehicles across the fields...no road. We got bogged down in the mud and had to be pulled out. What an adventure!



The adventure was well worth the effort. We say more penguins than we could count. They were everywhere!


The weather was extremely cold and windy. I included this picture of Chuck. See his pants legs blowing? The wind was very cold. We really felt like we were at the bottom of the world.


This landmark is located in downtown Stanley. It is made from whale ribs. This monument was built in 1933 to commemorate the centenary of the colony as a British possession.



Chuck and I went into a local grocery store. I saw this can of beans on the shelf. I had to include it because this the name of one of my favorite movies.


After we left the Falkland Islands we went around Cape Horn. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures to show you because we made the cape about 9:30pm. The only thing we could actually see was the light from the light house. We did have quite an adventure though as the winds were blowing at 112 knots. I do not know what that equates to in miles per hour, but the captain of the ship told us that of all the trips he has made around the cape, these were the highest winds he had ever encountered.

Next I will share pictures from Ushuaia, Argentina. This is the southern most city in the world.