South Georgia Jason Harbour

Last night was rough. Didn't sleep well. Crash, bang, wallop on the side of the boat and thrown about in all sorts of directions. But thankfully no sea sickness.
Morning talks about the history and bird life of South Georgia, "how to make friends with a fur seal" and about feathers. Also I got on the photography landing group. The introductory briefing was very good with lots of tips. Starting to see penguins and seals in the water. Many types of albatrosses, giant petrels and skuas about.
It was very wet, but we donned all the gear and off we went on the zodiacs. Survived the wet landing. Lots of playful seal pups who were also interested in us. The mountains were swathed in clouds. Such a gorgeous place, craggy peaks, waterfalls, pebble beach, a little lake. In good weather it must be breath taking. After the seal pups it was then on to see the elephant seals. They just lay there and. made a lot of noise. It was very hard walking through tussocks of grass. And of course, I tripped. I'm absolutely fine but sadly my camera is not. I think that I've moved the lens and the lens won't retract. But it would have been worse if I had been broken. It has shaken my confidence.
At lunch I met a girl who was in Dromore last week and a fellow who is a friend of Patrick Kielty.
Worked on the camera to 1am. No use. Properly dead. I won't be able to do the Adventure Photography excursion 😭Weiterlesen