Category: Falklands
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Falkland – Cile – 29.02.2020 [it]
We get back: the first step is to take the plane at Mount Pleasant, almost 2 hours in the queue to carry out the “formalities” including the payment of the “tourist” tax at the exit. The few flights – one or two commercial flights and a military one – can justify the slowness? After the…
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Stanley – 28.02.2020 [it]
[en] In the morning, last visit of the fauna: albatrosses, cormorants and some rockhopper penguins. To continue with the flight back to Stanley including a stopover at Pebble Island where we had gone earlier in the week. Probably the nicer flight thanks to the weather and the itinerary. In Stanley the weather was better than…
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The Neck – 27.02.2020 [en]
Rough morning, I can say that the second sticker on the door of the airport was done, after take-off, overflying the runway and immediate landing, the right engine did not give all the expected power! Result: two hours of waiting for the rotation with the other plane…. At Sounders Island, the weather is very bad,…
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East Falkland – 26.02.2020 [it]
[en] Flight to the civilization (Stanley) without stopping, but leaving directly for an excursion on the eastern island. Encounter with the rather quiet elephant seals in moulting…. And a new colony of Gentoo penguins, my approach skills improve: by choosing a suitable spot and remaining crouched for a few minutes, some particularly curious penguins even…
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Pebble Island – 25.02.2020 [it]
[en] A long trip with a “visit” to the remains of the war with Argentina at the beginning and end of the day, one might think that the Argentine remains were left as a warning…. But you will encounter numerous animals such as groups of dolphins just a few meters from the shore. Or a…