We parked in the port alongside all the containers and trucks and we had a late’ish breakfast and by this time many people had left for their day long tours, none of which we fancied.
We took the shuttle bus in to town and perhaps should not have bothered as there is really nothing here of interest unless you like a museum and graveyard. On the bus going in to town the female tourist guide explained a little about the city and its highlights such as the two museums and the Cemetery and without realising I was being so loud and thinking that I was only talking to Jennifer I said “It’s a bit early for that” at which all the coach passenger all started laughing. Needless to say the major said I should be quiet.
The town is nothing to speak of and we wandered around the shopping area and noticed a very large number of stray dogs sleeping all over the place and generally all the buildings were pretty much run down although there had been some recent new building and repairs to government properties.
We stopped in a little old family run coffee shop for a drink and Noel ended up with a Iced coffee which was a translation mistake as it was vanilla ice-cream with a coffee poured over the top and covered with cream. Not quite was expected but OK.
With nothing more to see we caught the shuttle bus back to the ship and had a sandwich in the lounge and then Noel did photos and blogging whilst Jennifer the washing.
We were due to leave Port around 7.30 pm but at 6pm the Captain announced that a group of passengers who were on a flight to and from The Antarctic had been delayed by fog and were unlikely to arrive back before midnight and as another cruise ship was arriving and they only have one dock we would have to move out at 7.30 and anchor to await the passengers, who actually made it back slightly earlier and the ship finally departed around 11pm.
The Captain said it would be rough overnight and it was with strong winds and mediocre seas.
