50 engineers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary    ( there to repair the harbor breakers )  struggled all day long

trying to maneuver the equipment barge into the hold of their ship.

The men on the equipment barge made it back to the ship .... very wet & cold ... but the loaded barge didn't make it.

On the right :  Our Russian Captain

Oh Yeah .... he got submerged.

Then .... It Got WORSE.

Well...because of the nasty seas "opening the door"  for our short sail to this little island ... we got to see a type of albatross we had never seen before.

The  Yellow-billed  Albatross

Coming  in  for  a  landing

Splash-Down

Antarctic Tern ... seen from below & above

Flying Fish - accidentally a great shot

Photo on right :

You all know that look, don't you.

Uh-huh .... that's the old

" Darla ... you owe me

BIG TIME

for this one "  look.

( Ummmm ..... yes, this was one of my trips )

Glorious Glorious RAINBOW !!     You bet we found our pot of gold ...... the SUN !!

Those twisty roads caused more than one of us to expel a gasp or two.

The view from half-way up the peak, was well worth the nail - biting  ride.

Heart Waterfall.    Can you see the heart ?

Most of the farming here is done on terraces.

Death Mask ... inside a miniature replica of his coffin

Napoleon

Josephine

Welllllll ..... Josephine had her Napoleon .         I've got mine.

Johnathan and several other  tortoises

live on the grounds of the

Governor's estate.

Town Gate

Sooooo ... do ya think this is supposed to strike fear into the hearts of stubborn wives ?

That's right .... that long white strip

running diagonally from the cliff top

is the "ladder"

Did we climb it ?

Are you NUTS ???!!!

Fairy Terns

Beautiful little birds

in flight.

The little guy in the

left-hand photo

was quite pleased

with his lunch catch.

Some of us did some hiking              .................................            others did a bit of snorkeling

and then others -----   Well what can I say ?

We saw several types of sharks ... here are 2 .

As you can see from  "human-shark ratio" in both photos,

even taking water distortion into consideration

these guys were pretty darned big.

This little guy

kept flying near the boat ...

looking for a place

to land.

As you can see

he  found  it.

We also got pretty  "cozy"  with several types of dolphins.     Here are 2.

As to the dolphin .......  It just Doesn't Get Any Better Than That !!

WHAT A  FANTASTIC  DAY  !!!