Cruising to Antarctica and South America with many photos

[scubacruiserx2]

15 hours ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

I have to compliment you on the amount of time you have spent on doing this report with all the great pictures and videos of your journey.

 

Thank you very much , we do appreciate your kind words .

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The colony of King Penguins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A video clip of noisy king penguins :

 

 

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The penguins behavior was both amusing and amazing

 

Snoozing

 

 

 

Flapping

 

 

Scratching

 

 

Snuggling

 

 

Waiting for a bus

 

 

Crowing

 

And posing

 

 

Video clip of  a penguin pair waddling through the crowd  :

 

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Penguins and all wild life are fun to watch.

 

The video is adorable -- wonder why the front penguin had to poke a couple of other penguins as they wondered through?  Also -- do you think that was their baby who was staring up at them at the end?

 

Great pictures.

[boards]

Are they very pleasant to be around "odour wise"?

[scubacruiserx2]

3 hours ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Penguins and all wild life are fun to watch.

 

The video is adorable -- wonder why the front penguin had to poke a couple of other penguins as they wondered through?  Also -- do you think that was their baby who was staring up at them at the end?

 

Great pictures.

 

Yes, the penguins are adorable. Not sure why they are poking at one another - maybe the other penguins are too close and to protect themselves? We are not sure about the baby , but it could be theirs.

[scubacruiserx2]

3 hours ago, boards said:

Are they very pleasant to be around "odour wise"?

 

We did not really notice the "odor" too much. It was very windy and cool, which helped and we stayed upwind most of the time.

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We didn't see any King chicks but there is an adjacent colony of Gentoo with cute chicks 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands video clip :

 

 

 

 

[Lido deck main]

There is something about Penguins that just makes me smile and I love how you caption the pictures.  What a awesome day you have had. 

Mary

[AncientWanderer]

What a wonderful trip report!  We've done South America without Antarctica on Zaandam, so I'm reliving many wonderful memories (Torres del Paine!)  You've convinced me that we need to go back to make the full trip, including Antarctica.  Westerdam 2021 is looking might good!

Thank yooooouuuu, Scubacruiserx2!!

[Walt fan]

How can you help but not smile at penguins and especially baby chicks; that is a whole lot of chicks.  You are capturing such a beautiful part of the world.  

[*Miss G*]

Waiting for a bus.  😂

[scubacruiserx2]

19 hours ago, Lido deck main said:

There is something about Penguins that just makes me smile and I love how you caption the pictures.  What a awesome day you have had. 

Mary

 

Thanks Mary . We did have a great day and wished that we could have stayed longer for some fish and chips . We also would like to see the rockhoppers but we had to pick one or the other so we went to VP .

 

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18 hours ago, AncientWanderer said:

What a wonderful trip report!  We've done South America without Antarctica on Zaandam, so I'm reliving many wonderful memories (Torres del Paine!)  You've convinced me that we need to go back to make the full trip, including Antarctica.  Westerdam 2021 is looking might good!

Thank yooooouuuu, Scubacruiserx2!!

 

You're welcome . We did enjoy this trip and hope that you can make the Westerdam cruise as we did like going in November .

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17 hours ago, Walt fan said:

How can you help but not smile at penguins and especially baby chicks; that is a whole lot of chicks.  You are capturing such a beautiful part of the world.  

 

They do make smile when we were there and now when we remember . 

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13 hours ago, *Miss G* said:

Waiting for a bus.  😂

 

More penguin antics coming up .

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Don't cross the stones 

 

 

Molting 

 

 

 

Walk like a penguin

 

 

 

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We saw birds of prey circling overhead

 

 

So  keep moving

 

 

Measuring up

 

 

 

Ready for a selfie

 

 

and a close up

 

 

 

[iflyrc5]

I have been following your great images as we are doing the around SA on the Volendam in January and these places look outstanding.  Please let me know what camera/lens you are using for these images.

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13 hours ago, iflyrc5 said:

I have been following your great images as we are doing the around SA on the Volendam in January and these places look outstanding.  Please let me know what camera/lens you are using for these images.

 

Congratulations on your trip to one of the most beautiful areas in the world .

I use a Canon SL 1 with a 24-105 mm lens and a Canon 6D with a 70- 300 sometimes switching the lenses .

 

I also use a Sony DSC-RX 100 m3 

 

 

DW uses a Sony DSC- HX-90 V which has a 200mm telephoto zoom .

 

 

Here's a moon shot from this morning with the D6 @ 300mm

 

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Proud parent

 

 

It's hard not to crow when you're this happy

 

 

 

I don't know where junior gets it from

 

 

 

On the run

 

 

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We didn't bring our winter jackets and with the wind , chill and a little rain we decided to head back toward the car 

 

 

we took a little detour toward the beach

 

 

a few other birds near there

 

 

Upland geese

 

 

 

a pit stop

 

 

This was affixed to the ladies room . It says that King penguins can dive almost 1000' (300 M) deep

 

 

[canadianbear]

Your photos are absolutely amazing!  Love all the penguin ones-they do bring smiles to everyone.  

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9 hours ago, canadianbear said:

Your photos are absolutely amazing!  Love all the penguin ones-they do bring smiles to everyone.  

 

Thank you . We agree with what you said about the penguins and we still had one more stop to see the penguins ! 

 

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After warming in the car we had a bite to eat before paying Nyree our fee in British Pounds . There are no ATMs on the island so we brought it with us . We decided to return more scenic route with another vehicle along for safety .

 

 

We requested a photo stop here and the ground was a bit soft

 

 

This is a good reason not to DIY  here looking for penguins 

 

 

When the 2nd vehicle tried to pull the car out , he also became stuck . 

 

 

 

We threw a line to them and Kurt pulled them right out together . Good job Kurt !

 

Another photo stop

 

 

It was beginning to look familiar now