THERE AND BACK AGAIN World Cruise 2019

A quote from Gavin Roser, a Scottish lecturer. We are supposed to make kids and grandkids look in an atlas and learn about remote parts of the world. Excellent instruction! We spent a good part of the day in Port Stanley, main "city" of the Falkland Islands. We were unable to land at West Point as planned because a storm had damaged the facilities. It is a nice little town in an inhospitable area. No trees are native to the Falklands, however they have the 6th highest per capita GDP in the world; $97,000. Fishing and tourism primarily. You may remember the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina. Look it up, interesting story. The pics are from there. The arch in front of the cathedral is four blue whale jawbones. The circled area in one photo is the back of a penguin. Best I could do. Birds flock where the penguins are feeding to catch fleeing fish. There are 5 species of penguin in the Falklands, however this is the closest to seeing one here we will get BECAUSE : we are expecting 40 knot winds and won't be able to tender so as soon as we can recover passengers and crew we are upping anchor and heading for Ushuaia. Tomorrow's excursions cancelled.

David Rogers

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"All they want to do is look at those damn phones"

April 15

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Falkland Islands

A quote from Gavin Roser, a Scottish lecturer. We are supposed to make kids and grandkids look in an atlas and learn about remote parts of the world. Excellent instruction! We spent a good part of the day in Port Stanley, main "city" of the Falkland Islands. We were unable to land at West Point as planned because a storm had damaged the facilities. It is a nice little town in an inhospitable area. No trees are native to the Falklands, however they have the 6th highest per capita GDP in the world; $97,000. Fishing and tourism primarily. You may remember the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina. Look it up, interesting story. The pics are from there. The arch in front of the cathedral is four blue whale jawbones. The circled area in one photo is the back of a penguin. Best I could do. Birds flock where the penguins are feeding to catch fleeing fish. There are 5 species of penguin in the Falklands, however this is the closest to seeing one here we will get BECAUSE : we are expecting 40 knot winds and won't be able to tender so as soon as we can recover passengers and crew we are upping anchor and heading for Ushuaia. Tomorrow's excursions cancelled.



1.

All At Sea 1

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All At Sea 2

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I saw three ships come sailing in

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We Invade Grenada

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Left To Our Own Devices ...

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There's No Way Out

7.

But I Was So Much Older Then

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All Is Water

9.

"You are not tourists, you are Travellers"

10.

Ah yes, I remember it well

11.

If the ship is rockin don't bother knockin

12.

The Weather Is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful

13.

Who won the first World Cup

14.

How many animals does the Pope have?

15.

Like a bird returning to it's nest

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Changes in latitudes

17.

"All they want to do is look at those damn phones"

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The End Of The World As We Know It

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Round the Horn We GO

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Magellan and Penguins

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Our Backyard

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The Back of Beyond

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I dont know where I'm gonna go

24.

Rescue at Sea?

25.

I'd rather stay here than go back on board that ship

26.

The navel of the world

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Time isn't chasing us, Time isn't after us

28.

I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair

29.

Here am I your special island

30.

Does anyone really know what time it is?

31.

Why Not Waitangi

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Well begun is half done

33.

What we do in the shadows

34.

Don't you start freaking, its the Captain speaking

35.

A Night At the Opera

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A Devil of a day

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A sow and her piglets

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We cut the dog's tail off

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"We are all visitors to this time, this place.

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We travelled 25,000 miles for this?!

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"All that is gold does not glitter,

42.

"When else will I get to see second best female harmonica player in the world?"

43.

"Borders, I've never seen one but I've heard they exist in the minds of some people"

44.

"This is not EPCOT people, this is real life"

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The Hour That the Ship Comes In

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"And I realize I'm going home"

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In the jungle you must wait

48.

Winter is coming

49.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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The Mother City

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May I see your passport please

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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

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Dakar-Tenerife-Casablanca

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Under African Skys

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Island of Dogs

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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We're All Bozos on This Bus

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A green & pleasant land

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The further off from England the nearer is to France

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A Grand Day Out

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It's Been A Lovely Cruise

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