Tom and Noel's South America Cruise: Feb 6 & 7 At sea and Port Stanley--not!

Monday was a sea day and this was the first day of really rough seas. The swell was probably about 18 ft with high winds. While at breakfast in La Veranda on deck 11 we had a strong swell come from the side and dishes, glassware and food fell to the floor. It was hard to walk without staggering and bumping into things. We had these same conditions most of the day.
We had dinner in Compass Rose with two of the entertainers, one of the female dancers and the male singer, it was a most enjoyable evening talking to these young people.
This morning we came to the Falkland Islands and were supposed to anchor off of Port Stanley. We dropped the anchor about 6:30 but because of the 45 knot winds the anchor would not hold on the sandy bottom. We sailed away for about a half hour, turned around and went back to try again. The wind had diminished but was supposed to build during the day so the captain made the decision to leave. Everyone was very disappointed as this was the stop with the best site to see three types of penguins and most were going on the "penguin tours". The tour directior is now rushing to plan some onboard activities to keep us all busy.

Islas de los Estados on Monday