From Silversea Daily Chronicles: "Tristan da Cunha is the main island of an archipelago with the same name. The Tristan da Cunha island group is home to fewer than 300 hardy residents and is recognized as the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. Its closest neighboring landmass is the island of St. Helena some 2,430 km (over 1500 miles) away."
We were scheduled to go ashore there, and were looking forward to doing so, but the island council forbid it, fearing that their medical facilities would be unable to handle a virus outbreak if one should occur. So we compensated by cruising for several hours around the island, viewing some striking scenery along the way.
We were scheduled to go ashore there, and were looking forward to doing so, but the island council forbid it, fearing that their medical facilities would be unable to handle a virus outbreak if one should occur. So we compensated by cruising for several hours around the island, viewing some striking scenery along the way.
From this viewpoint the town looks like a pleasant Swiss village.
Moving to the right and pointing back to the left, we see the threatening cliffs that loom over the town on this volcanic island. The islanders had to be evacuated during a 1961 lava flow. The three photos below show some of the huge landslides that have occurred on these steep cliffs.
From the Observation Deck of the Silver Cloud we could look at the endlessly fascinating water and the albatrosses and petrels that escorted our ship.
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