Another emotional trip

The whalebone arch outside Port Stanley Cathedral

The further south we trundled, the cooler it was getting. The sun was still very much with us though, with a lovely sunset and lights finally fading around 9.30 last night.

As mentioned, we’ve really struggled with The Falklands stop, as what we’d like to do, we can’t, and what we can do, felt, quite frankly, rather tame. Initially, we booked to do the Panoramic Stanley Highlights tour. A safe bet, on a coach. Then once we acknowledged that my hip issue was seriously improving, we made valiant efforts to change our tour for something a little more exciting. By then, most other tours were sold out and we finally decided to change to a farm tour. It seemed informative and intimate, with only a small number of guests allowed.

We’ve been well and truly tangoed!

Last night’s tango was completely unexpected in terms of what we got: a keyboard player and an accordionist provided the dramatic music while our main man was a Latin singer of considerable presence and gusto and with an amazing voice. Considering he had no English, he commanded the full to busting theatre - 600 capacity, so nearly half the ship. He sang beautiful songs in Spanish and from time to time, dancers floated on stage to do their tango thing. Utterly stunning and captivating, the evening was over in a flash. Unfortunately, where we were sitting was not optimal for photos, so you'll need to imagine it! (The headline photo is from the Spinoglio Winery.)