Leg 276, Stanley, Falkland Islands to Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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The Falkland islands are hit and miss in game, very pretty in real life. Same for the east coast in southern Argentina. The marine life is amazing in this part of the world.
05-24 Stanley SFAL 7:49 AM
05-24 Mount Pleasant EGYP 7:57 AM
05-24 Lively Island SFSS 8:02 AM
05-24 Stanley SFTI 8:07 AM
05-24 Bleaker Island SFSX 8:12 AM
05-24 Sea Lion Lodge Airstrip SFSN 8:18 AM
05-24 Sea Lion Island Airstrip SFTD 8:21 AM
05-24 George Island SFSU 8:29 AM
05-24 Speedwell Island SFSW 8:34 AM
05-24 Fox Bay East Airstrip SFTE 8:42 AM
05-24 Fox Bay Clay Airstrip SFST 8:44 AM
05-24 Chartres SFSO 8:49 AM
05-24 Hill Cove SFSM 8:56 AM
05-24 Saunders Island Landing Strip SFSF 9:01 AM
05-24 Carcass Island Landing Strip SFSG 9:09 AM Unclear runway
05-24 West Point Island Landing Strip SFSL 9:13 AM Unclear runway
05-24 New Island SFSP 9:25 AM
05-24 Santa Cruz SAWU 11:16 AM 35 knot wind
05-24 Comandante Luis Piedrabuena SA33 11:22 AM 29 knot headwind
05-24 Gobernador Gregores SAWR 11:56 AM
05-24 San Julian SAQN 12:26 PM
05-24 Tres Cerros SAYG 12:35 PM
05-24 Bahia Laura SAPK 12:53 PM
05-24 Puerto Deseado SA63 1:09 PM
05-24 Puerto Deseado SAWD 1:11 PM
05-24 Puerto Deseado West SA19 1:13 PM
Flight time 5:24 25 stops
Stanley Airport, ready for take off
Just after sunrise
White Point, kinda pinkish
Lafonia, southern peninsula of the Falkland Islands
The weather system showing off over the Bay of Harbours
Sea Lion Island
Speedwell Island
West Falkland
Hill Cove on the shore of Byron Sound
Saunders Island home to a sheep farm
Carcass Island, population a lot of penguins
I’m not sure if I’m on the right airstrip, it’s probably one of the other straight sections
Yep, checking on Google I landed on a patch of dirt, the white paint markers are on the other two with the marker somewhere between the three.
New Island
Remote, picturesque part of the Falkland Islands
A sanctuary for birds & marine mammals
Back to Arentina, reaching the mainland at the end of the Santa Cruz River
Puerto Santa Cruz
Comandante Luis Piedrabuena and Isla Pavón
Highway 3 crossing the Santa Cruz River at Comandante Luis Piedrabuena
N288 winding through Corpen Aike Department
Gobernador Gregores ahead in Río Chico Department
Magallanes Department
Deseado Department
Approaching Estancia Santa Elena
Final stop today in Puerto Deseado on the Deseado River
Originally called Port Desire, a city of about 15,000 inhabitants and a fishing port in Patagonia
Competing with the original fishermen
Further up along the coast tomorrow, towards Buenos Aires. Still a long way from here.