Malvina House Hotel Stanley

... across the peat bogs to view the penguins hangout. The peat bog was very rough and we thought that we might get stuck at anytime. At last we arrived and there were the penguins. You didn't really have to see them to find them as your nose would let you know they were near. The penguins appeared to be a happy bunch of birds and we are glad we could visit with them.We were on a cliff overlooking the South Atlantic, the wind was ...

... live minefields left after the 1982 conflict along with a couple of shotdown chinnock helicopters. We were taken aback by the thousands of Gentoo, Chinstrap and King penguins at Volunteer point mooching around the beach. Although wary they weren't scared of us and gave us the opportunity to get close up whilst they feed their new born chicks by regurgitating squid (nice), preening each other and generally squawking and flapping ...

... approximately 3,000 people who live in the archipelago (group of islands) known as the Falklands. There are about 10 times that many penguins. Stanley is the capital city of this British-owned country and half of all Falklanders live here. Because it is an actual country and not just a territory, it has its own government, money and stamps. There is only one post office in the world that sells their beautiful stamps and one bank that uses ...

... we got in and waited for the rest of the passengers. A short ride through Stanley and then a dirt road that led to the Murrell Farm. I asked the driver and he said that the Murrell's have a small farm, they only have about 3,000 sheep. When we arrived at the farm, it was very small. I don't know if the land owner lives where we changed vehicles, but the house was very small. There ...

Wednesday - went to Long Beach near Georgetown to see turtle burrows on the sand with turtle eggs on the surface , a casualty of being dug up accidentally by other turtles. Returned in the evening to see the immature ...

The British Antarctic Expedition 72 foot yacht, Discoverer had a few days rest at Mare Harbour waiting for the next crew to take the onwards journey to Rio after finishing the Antarctic leg of the journey. Some of us were given the opportunity to crew the moored yacht and I was lucky enough to go ...

February 23/24 Spent a weekend at the Farm and took a 4x4 tour of the landowners beaches , where in an effort to restore the land to its original state before the sheep decimated the tussac grass, he is installing electric fencing to keep the animals out and planting the tussac grass to encourage more wildlife to the area. There is already ...

Today has been the best day yet, Stanley Falkland Islands! We awoke early and had breakfast. The ship can not dock in Stanley so you have to take a tender to shore. The tenders are little tiny boats that hold around 40 people. There were to be Princess Representatives in Explorers hall handing out coupons for the tenders starting at eight. We were there a little early and sat down. I went to go use the bathroom and when I ...

Although we left Stanley yesterday I am showing our location there as that is the closest land at this point, I guess. The pointer does not like to be stuck out in the water when it knows a solid location.<br><br>We headed south and had more birds around the ship. I spent some time trying to get some pictures of them. I am sure glad it was pixels instead of film. I had a good time even though most of the pictures are throw aways. <br><br>We also ...

... own Rover with driver. It was actually his personal vehicle. Our driver, Julien, is a Brit. His wife is Dutch and is a doctor. They met in Africa and now live here. We drove off across the bogs on a 20-30 minute ride to a penguin colony. It is a gentoo penguin colony, but there were a half dozen or so king penguins there as well so we had a bonus. One of them, "Herbert" or "Hubert", had just hatched and we were also able to see him, although from ...