Tourists and ships

We are now in the peak tourist season and have ships in every day. Last Friday was a particularly busy day as the Norwegian Sun was here with 1,758 passengers and the Infinity with 2,450. These ships anchor in Port William and a fleet of launches ferry people ashore. Many of them then go off by coach, minibus, taxi, landrover or an old London double-decker bus on tours around Stanley or to wildlife sites locally or further afield. However it still leaves a huge number of people wandering around Stanley (where the usual population is only about 2,500). This makes driving around town quite difficult as many seem oblivious to traffic, stepping off pavements, crossing the road without looking, wandering down the middle of the road taking photographs and even setting up a tripod in the middle of the road!
The Infinity

The Infinity, the Largs Bay and a fishing reefer in Port William

Friday was also a busy day for other shipping as the Largs Bay (a naval transport ship capable of carrying 100 tanks) and a fishing reefer were also in Port William, one of the fisheries patrol vessels was in the harbour and an oil exploration ship and a fishing boat were at FIPASS (the floating interim port and storage service further down the harbour).

View of Stanley looking in through the Narrows