Mary loves to travel Posted February 2 #326 Share Posted February 2 (edited) at Bluff Cove yesterday morning, they had us walk across some type of a “bath” that disinfected the bottom of our shoes. It was mentioned that this was for bird flu. Similar to Ken, we had an excellent time at Bluff Cove. I saw on their website they’ve used the pandemic shutdown to finish the road, so it was a very smooth ride in. There were plenty of Gentoos and a flock (?) of about 30 Kings. We finally got our penguin “fix” 😊🐧 I should note that we were on the 8:30am tour. We watched the penguins for awhile, then headed to the cafe to warmup. Then went back over to the penguins, and had them almost to ourselves for about 15-20 minutes until the next group of buses arrived. Mary Edited February 2 by Mary loves to travel 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadien Posted February 2 #327 Share Posted February 2 We're doing the Bluff Cove excursion on Feb 11 so it's great to see a preview. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 2 Author #328 Share Posted February 2 40 minutes ago, Mary loves to travel said: at Bluff Cove yesterday morning, they had us walk across some type of a “bath” that disinfected the bottom of our shoes. It was mentioned that this was for bird flu. Similar to Ken, we had an excellent time at Bluff Cove. I saw on their website they’ve used the pandemic shutdown to finish the road, so it was a very smooth ride in. There were plenty of Gentoos and a flock (?) of about 30 Kings. We finally got our penguin “fix” 😊🐧 I should note that we were on the 8:30am tour. We watched the penguins for awhile, then headed to the cafe to warmup. Then went back over to the penguins, and had them almost to ourselves for about 15-20 minutes until the next group of buses arrived. Mary So that’s what that soapy mat was for. Thanks! They probably told us that. I just didn’t hear them. But that would explain why we had to “wash” the bottom of our shoes when we first got off the van. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LACruiser88 Posted February 2 #329 Share Posted February 2 2 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: So that’s what that soapy mat was for. Thanks! They probably told us that. I just didn’t hear them. But that would explain why we had to “wash” the bottom of our shoes when we first got off the van. We did the same thing last March at Volunteer Point. Stepped in a "Virkon" water bath to kill viruses, one of a few disinfectants to do so (we were in the exotic bird business for 40+ years). 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted February 2 #330 Share Posted February 2 or similar. This was at Volunteer Point. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted February 2 #331 Share Posted February 2 35 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: So that’s what that soapy mat was for. Thanks! They probably told us that. I just didn’t hear them. But that would explain why we had to “wash” the bottom of our shoes when we first got off the van. Really it should be coming and going. To try to limit what you might bring in, and what you might have picked up and leave with. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 2 Author #332 Share Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, BlerkOne said: Really it should be coming and going. To try to limit what you might bring in, and what you might have picked up and leave with. We walked through it both on arrival and when we were leaving. But you’re right, the only mandatory “walk through” was when we arrived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary loves to travel Posted February 2 #333 Share Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: We walked through it both on arrival and when we were leaving. But you’re right, the only mandatory “walk through” was when we arrived. We didn’t walk through when leaving, but our van driver sprayed disinfectant on the soles of our shoes as we entered the van. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser Nonna Posted February 2 #334 Share Posted February 2 If this question has already been asked - I apologize - but at the different ports/countries you have traveled on this sailing - did you have "their currency" or were US Dollars/Credit cards accepted for purchases? Your pictures and insight have been so helpful - doing the Buenos Aires to LA on 3/4 - so thank you again for taking your time to help all of us! Stay well and safe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 2 Author #335 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Mary loves to travel said: We didn’t walk through when leaving, but our van driver sprayed disinfectant on the soles of our shoes as we entered the van. I apologize. I was remembering our morning excursion experience when we went to see the penguins at Newans Station, when we transferred from the 16-passenger van to the 4-wheel drive vehicles. On the afternoon excursion to Bluff Cove, we stayed in the 16-passenger van the whole way, then walked through the disinfectant shoe bath when we arrived and then had the bottom of our shoes sprayed by the driver before we got back into the van to head back to the pier. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 2 Author #336 Share Posted February 2 28 minutes ago, Cruiser Nonna said: If this question has already been asked - I apologize - but at the different ports/countries you have traveled on this sailing - did you have "their currency" or were US Dollars/Credit cards accepted for purchases? Your pictures and insight have been so helpful - doing the Buenos Aires to LA on 3/4 - so thank you again for taking your time to help all of us! Stay well and safe That’s a good question that maybe someone else following the thread has an answer to. For us, we tip our tour guides and drivers with US$ and only used our CC once and that was at the grocery store in the Falkland Islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatharbour Posted February 2 #337 Share Posted February 2 I have enjoyed following your trip so much. Thank you for taking the time to share. Could I ask if you know anyone onboard who took the Volunteer Point excursion instead of the Bluff Point one? I believe there are more king penguins at Volunteer Point but it involves at least two hours each way over rough terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDVM96 Posted February 2 #338 Share Posted February 2 14 minutes ago, Boatharbour said: I believe there are more king penguins at Volunteer Point but it involves at least two hours each way over rough terrain. Volunteer Point has by far the largest king pengiun population on the Falkland Islands. About 2000 pairs breed here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effinaround Posted February 2 #339 Share Posted February 2 20 minutes ago, Boatharbour said: I have enjoyed following your trip so much. Thank you for taking the time to share. Could I ask if you know anyone onboard who took the Volunteer Point excursion instead of the Bluff Point one? I believe there are more king penguins at Volunteer Point but it involves at least two hours each way over rough terrain. We did Volunteer Point. What would you like to know? Lots of Kings at Volunteer Point and we had a great time! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effinaround Posted February 2 #340 Share Posted February 2 If you like Kings, Volunteer Point is a good place to be: 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatharbour Posted February 2 #341 Share Posted February 2 9 minutes ago, effinaround said: We did Volunteer Point. What would you like to know? Lots of Kings at Volunteer Point and we had a great time! I noticed there were some King penguins in Ken’s photos at Bluff Point and then wondered if we would need to travel all the way to Volunteer Point to see them. But from your photo it looks as though there are far more at Volunteer Point ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effinaround Posted February 2 #342 Share Posted February 2 This was tacked onto the washroom and is certainly outdated: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary loves to travel Posted February 3 #343 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Boatharbour said: I noticed there were some King penguins in Ken’s photos at Bluff Point and then wondered if we would need to travel all the way to Volunteer Point to see them. But from your photo it looks as though there are far more at Volunteer Point ? People on this trip have shared a lot of photos, and from what I’ve seen, yes, there are more Kings at Volunteer Point. But the 2+hour ride each way, some of it bone-jarring, was a deal breaker for us. We were really pleased with the number of Kings at Bluff Cove, as well as the many Gentoos and easy ride. It’s what you prefer. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 3 Author #344 Share Posted February 3 @Boatharbour, just to add a little more variety to your upcoming excursion decision process, on the next leg we will be going back to the Falkland Islands again on Feb 11. This time we will be going on the below excursion which features Elephant seals and Gentoo penguins. But I will mention this. One thing we enjoyed about the 2 excursions we went on this time as well as our upcoming one is the diversity of wildlife we saw. I would be interested to hear from @effinaround if there were any other penguins, seals, and/or other wildlife to be seen at Volunteer Point? I’ve heard it’s an awesome excursion, but never heard about the diversity of wildlife to be seen there, other than of course the massive amount of King penguins. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 3 Author #345 Share Posted February 3 After dinner tonight we headed back to the cabin to take care of a few things, to include checking out the view from our much warmer balcony! 😁 Then we headed to the theater to watch the production show Bravo! followed by the always hilarious game show Marriage Match! 😂 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDVM96 Posted February 3 #346 Share Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: Samsung & Apple phones now make so nice HDR shots - it's amazing.. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted February 3 Author #347 Share Posted February 3 Day 15 - Feb 3 - Sea Day (2 of 2) Here’s our current location, both from a vertical and horizontal perspective as seen on my iPad. 😁 The weather forecast is also looking relatively calm this evening with a mild rocking motion. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpeabody Posted February 3 #348 Share Posted February 3 13 minutes ago, tillys mom said: Mine came today, and it’s beautiful (I got the red one). I’m glad I’ll be wearing it because it is heavy, but I bet it’s warm. That's great! Funny we got them the same day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted February 3 #349 Share Posted February 3 19 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: I would be interested to hear from @effinaround if there were any other penguins, seals, and/or other wildlife to be seen at Volunteer Point? I’ve heard it’s an awesome excursion, but never heard about the diversity of wildlife to be seen there, other than of course the massive amount of King penguins. There are 3 types of penguins (king, gentoo, Magellanic) at Volunteer Point. There are lots of King penguins. Most of the penguins are segregated, but free to move around if they choose. Next time, I'm going to Seal Bay which is even farther. Not as many penguins, but up to 5 varieties! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTraveller Posted February 3 #350 Share Posted February 3 On my excursion to Volunteer Point in March 2018 there was a large number of King Penguins and their many young, as well as Gentoo Penguins and Magellanic Penguins. We were also able to see them on the beach. It was one of the best excursions I have ever been on and so worth the ride there and back. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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