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It was a surprisingly busy sea day as we headed for the Falkland Islands.  After a 7:45 wake up call and breakfast, we had a presentation on the birds of the Falklands, got our muck boots, had a photography talk, lunch, a (mandatory) landing guidelines & Zodiac procedures meeting, afternoon tea, a history of the Falklands talk (I skipped that one), our first Expedition Briefing, the Captain’s welcome cocktail and dinner.

Here are some random bird shots from the deck of the boat.

A black browed albatross – you’ll see more of these later…

This is a Southern Giant Petrel

One of the options on this ship is kayaking; you have to sign up (and pay) beforehand.  They go kayaking (weather permitting) when the rest of us do shore landings and zodiac cruises.

After dinner Shane (our expedition leader) came over the PA to let us know that it was shaping up to be a beautiful sunset.  So, camera in hand I headed out for my last pictures of the day.

 

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Day #3 – West Point Island & Saunders Island, The Falklands  

6 thoughts on “Day #1 & 2 – En route to the Falklands”

  • Carol Mills January 12, 2017 at 8:31 pm Reply

    Makes me want to go there! Great bird and sunset shots.

  • Terry Sullivan January 12, 2017 at 8:39 pm Reply

    Oh Wow! I can’t wait for more. living vicariously through you Kathy.

  • Theressa Smith January 13, 2017 at 5:17 am Reply

    Not much to get excited about – are you kidding me ?! , beautiful pics Kathy!

  • Mimi Hyland January 13, 2017 at 6:32 pm Reply

    Beautiful shots Kathy!

  • Susan Perkins January 21, 2017 at 8:25 pm Reply

    Fabulous bird and sunset pictures! I’m finally able to have a proper look at your blog and am very much looking forward to it!

  • Nikki Ribertson February 18, 2017 at 9:20 am Reply

    Going to start reading all of these today. Day 1 wow, beautiful pictures.

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