West Point Island, Passage to Ushuaia and Leaving for Home

Kathy walking up the steep hill on West Point Island, April 2, 2023
A lovely day for our last landing before heading to Ushuaia in the afternoon.
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Lovely picture of Sylvia Earle and a 30' sloop. which has circumnavigated Earth 3 times...wow!!
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Caracara
Made it to the Rockhopper penguins and Black-browed albatross nesting area
Everyone seems to be getting along!!
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Love the hairdo!!!
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That's a juvenile chick asking Mom for something to eat
I think she is saying your big enough to go get your own food...yikkers!!!
The mom never gave in.....this went on for ~10 minutes
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This is Kikki and along with her husband Theis, they own West Point and the sloop!!
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Leaving WEst Point Island
Some of the islands in West Falkland!!
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A huge whale pod of ~200 Sei whales gave us a show for over an hour...wow, wow, wow!!!
Sei whales just show their backs and dorsal fin so really hard to tell just how big they are!!
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Sei whales are the third largest whale in the world!!
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Blue-eyed shags
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It was blow after blow...wow!!!
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Sunset on April 2nd at sea!!!
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A bit of a green flash
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Kathy loved this picture outside our room
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South America mainland!!
Blowing pretty good before we entered Beagle Channel on April 3rd
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The Bracket....I made it to the Sweet 16!!!
Our South Georgia route
Our passage from Ushuaia and past the Falklands
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All the places we stopped!!!
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The finals of Rock, Paper, & Scissors
The Captain's farewell toast
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Howard and all the Expedition crew
Our final dinner!!
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Kathy and John with our excellent server, Jose!!
View from our hotel, Arakur, on our last night in Ushuaia
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An excellent lager!!
That's the Sylvia Earle leaving.....on her way to Costa Rica with just a skeleton crew
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It is fall here in Ushuaia and the Beech trees are turning colors
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Our last view of Beagle Channel and the Sylvia Earle....what a trip!!!!

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