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December 16th, Falklands to Rio Gallegos

By on4bam Posted on December 18, 2018 Posted in Argentina, Falkland Islands, Holiday, Rio Gallegos

It was the same routine as yesterday but without all the problems.  Up at seven, breakfast at eight and then we had to wait for the bus that would bring us to Mount Pleasant airport.

December 15th, Unexpectedly still in Stanley

By on4bam Posted on December 18, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

We were getting ready for breakfast when there was a knock on the door. Teresa came to tell us that our flight to Rio Gallegos was cancelled because of the weather. The airport was to close at 10 until tomorrow …

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December 14th, Stanley, Volunteer Point

By on4bam Posted on December 15, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

After breakfast Tony picked us up for drive of almost 3 hours to Volunteer Point, the last hour and a half at walking pace in 4×4 mode.

December 13th, Pebble Island to Stanley

By on4bam Posted on December 14, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

It was time to leave Pebble Island in the morning and fly to Stanley. The wind was blowing hard but that’s not a problem for the FIGAS pilots. The bonus was that it only took 30 min flight time because …

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December 12th, Pebble Island

By on4bam Posted on December 13, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

We started our full day exploring the island by 4×4 at 9:15. The first stop was at the airport at the location an Argentinian Skyvan was destroyed when the British retook the island in the 1982 conflict. Next we visited …

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December 11th, Sea Lion Island to Pebble Island

By on4bam Posted on December 11, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

We got up at 4 in the morning and were at the beach 10 minutes before sunrise (4:28) to see if orca’s would show up  trying to catch some baby seals. Unfortunately they only visited the other side of the …

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December 10th, Sea Lion Island

By on4bam Posted on December 11, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

Breakfast at the lodge is at 8 and after that we were free to roam the island.  Yesterday evening we walked to the beach where the Gentoo penguins come to shore and along the way we passed a few elephant  …

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December 9th, Stanley to Sea Lion Island

By on4bam Posted on December 11, 2018 Posted in Falkland Islands, Holiday

At 7:45 we were picked by Sue who drove us to the local airport. The state run FIGAS (Falkland Island Government Air Service) runs a shuttle service to several locations around the Falklands on demand depending on who wants to …

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December 8th, Rio Gallegos to Stanley

By on4bam Posted on December 9, 2018 Posted in Argentina, Falkland Islands, Holiday, Rio Gallegos

Time to leave Argentina for a week. After breakfast we drove to the airport and returned our car. We proceeded to check-in and then had time to wait for our airplane that came from Punto Arenas in Chile. We followed …

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