my travels in pixels

Gold Harbour not called so because we were there when the light was indeed golden Day 10 - March 8 2020 Gold Harbour Gentoos molting I forget that they are birds until they lie down like a duck There are bullies in all parts of the world Okay, it's unanimous, a swim this afternoon Elephant seal - either a young one or female, I'm not sure We tried for a second time to get into Gold Harbour and this time we were successful. There was a little bit of drizzle and our group would go on land first and do the zodiac cruising after breakfast. So a 5:30 wake up call let us know that we would be called at 6am and as we were first I got down there a few minutes earlier to get started as I can’t fit my socks on with my slip on shoes. We are getting dressed and undressed 2-3 times a day. Two pairs of socks as the boots you choose must fit two pairs and if you only wear one it’s a little too roomy. Although there was drizzle it was a balmy 8°C, so no jumpe...

Day 8 - March 6, 2020 Salisbury Plain Fur seals We have four days in South Georgia and this is day two. Another early start to visit a large king penguin colony and fur seals. A landing and zodiac excursion and I was doing the zodiac cruise first. He's not albino, just blonde The main king penguin colony is not that far from the beach and you need to walk through the seal colony. Quark put out witches hats for the path you are supposed to follow but it's easy to get sidetracked and I was told off more than once for forgetting. There was lots of grass for the seals to lie on and thankfully they were spread out and sleepy so didn't try to attack us. Giant Petrels have amazing blue eyes We could go right up to the middle clump of green, about a third of the way into the picture king penguin chick They have to stay on land while they molt once a year check out those nails They remind me ...