#217 Nomad Diary. 14-20 December 2024. Final 4 Days of 35 Day Cruise. Stanley, Falkland Islands with Penguins. Montevideo, Uruguay. Fly Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo then to Brasilia, Brazil. Arrive for Month Long Visit with Jeremy, Andrea and Quinn.

Me Riding on Top Deck of the Tender from the Sapphire Princess in My Background to Stanley, Falkland Islands.
View Coming to Stanley from My Vantage on the Tender Boat
Me, Marta and Mike in the Back Seat on Our Penguin Tour
Common Views of Falkland Island as We Drive to Bertha's Beach
Gentoo Penguin Nursery in a Sheep Field Close to Bertha's Beach
Gentoo Chicks in Nest Near Bertha's Beach
Incredible Experience to Be Next to a Penguin Nursery!
Marta Taking Pictures of Penguins on Bertha's Beach, Falkland Islands
Gentoo Penguins on Bertha's Beach
The Four of Us Waiting for Our Tour Guide to Come with Another Vehicle.
Megellanic Penguin at Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands
Beautiful Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands
Flower Close Up at Falkland Islands
Flower Close Up at Falkland Islands
Enjoying the View at Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands
Story Board at Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands
Evening Sail Away from Stanley, Falkland Islands
Enjoying Our Balcony and the Warm Sunshine on Our Sea Day Headed For Uruguay.
Port View at Montevideo, Uruguay. Our Second Visit Here During This Cruise.
Montevideo, Uruguay Unsual Door Handle.
Nice Architechture in Montevideo, Uruguay
Video Phone Call to Grands in Alabama. Esther (1yr 4mos) and Owen (3yrs 3 mos)
Last Dinner During Our Cruise. First Time to Meet the Woman to My Left. Brenda and Al are a Couple We Ate with Several Times on the Ship. Both Retired From the Air Force. Great Life Stories Exchanged. Now They Travel Often and They Stay in Shape with Body Building and Walking/Hiking.
Us with Quinn!! Grandson in Brasilia age 4 yrs 3 mos.
Our Son Jeremy, Quinn and Andrea. Watching TV in Their Brasilia Apartment.

Saturday. 14. Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands. Penguin Tour Off Road with Mike and Marta. Today we took tenders, small boats, from our ship to the port. It was a 25 minute ride to Stanley from where our ship anchored. The weather is sunny today. It’s fairly warm, especially in comparison to Antarctica. At the dock we meet our tour guide Tony. We walk about a block to our car. He begins telling us about the Falkland Islands and his life here. We have 1 ½ hours drive to Bertha’s Beach to see a Gentoo penguin nursery. We get to ask Tony all kinds of questions and we learn a few things. He moved here from Northern England with his then wife and 2 children. His former wife is from here. He has stayed because they are raising their two kids together and the grandparents are nice to have nearby. He likes living here and he has good employment. He says the standard of living is good. The Falkland Islands supply 20% of Europe's calamari, but he doesn’t eat calamari. We like calamari and get some later when we are back in town. Our penguin experience at Bertha’s beach was amazing. We spent a couple of hours up close enjoying watching the penguins. A few were walking back and 

Sunday. 15.

Monday. 16. Nomad meeting. We met some nomads on the ship. One couple from Chicago was interested in getting a meeting together and he achieved it today. There were 8 of us and we sat discussing and exchanging information for about an hour. Both singles and 3 couple’s each had a unique story and mode of travel or ‘playing the game’ as Darrell and I call it. We exchanged contact info and picked up some bits of info and travel apps that we can test out to see how useful they are for us. 

Tuesday. 17. Montevideo, Uruguay. We walked off the ship and around town. We walked through some streets that were different from our first stop. We enjoyed the architecture and had a coffee which wasn’t that good! Lol. Our expat Argentine friends on the ship said that Argentina does not have good coffee. Maybe that’s true of Uruguay also. At least not the coffee that we enjoy and it is more recognizable from Costa Rica and Columbia.

Wednesday. 18. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil and then on to Brasilia, Brazil. Our flight was delayed and then we had to get a later connecting flight at Sao Paulo. We got in in very late to Brasilia. We took an Uber to Jeremy and Andrea’s apartment. We called Andrea and she came down to let us into their secured apartment building. We got to bed and slept well. It took me a couple of days to recover from the long trip. Then I was fine.

Thursday. 19. Wake up at Jeremy’s Apartment. It’s our second trip to Brasilia this year. We are familiar with the location and the way we can come and go from the apartment and walk around the neighborhoods. It’s a beautiful place. We are able to relax, recover from our plane flights and enjoy our family for a few weeks!

Friday. 20.

Nomad Notes: Travel days this week included getting off the ship and going to a Buenos Aires airport. This foreign airport was new to us. Getting to the airport was a bit stressful and then trying to negotiate the timing also had some stress for me. It turned out that our flight was delayed and we had plenty of time. For travel days, I carry comfort items with me like a neck support wrap for sleeping, noise-canceling headphones, peppermint oil, and extra pair of socks and a comfortable sweater or shawl.





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