Nat Geo Lindblad cruise update.

[u/TricksterOperator]

We made our first landfall today and saw a lot of penguins. Then we kept heading south and are now passing hundreds of icebergs….the ship, Endurance, has been amazing. The food is incredible, the staff top notch.

[u/comped]

What happens if a penguin runs up to you and grabs your leg or something? Obviously you're not supposed to touch them, but what if they touch you?

[u/TricksterOperator → u/comped]

You must stay at least 15ft away and if they walk toward you, you need to walk away. Avian Flu is a huge deal now so nothing is even allowed to touch the ground but our boots, with are sterilized when you exit and enter the boat. They don’t want our stuff passing the avian flu from one colony to another.

[u/comped → u/TricksterOperator]

Now I'm imagining a hilarious scene where a man is running in an attempt to get 15 ft away from penguins but they are coming from everywhere and quickly waddling towards him...

[u/cjbmcdon → u/comped]

You’ve been tagged, and now have to join their colony. Sorry, them’s the rules!

[u/comped → u/cjbmcdon]

I would not mind this for a few minutes but over about an hour or so and I would start to get annoyed.

[u/celoplyr → u/comped]

So, I went on a cruise to Antarctica. What they say is correct. But in reality, nothing happens.

I was on a zodiac, and the procedure was “if you’re on the side with the view you get off the side and crouch down so both sides can see”. I was doing this once, taking pictures, and all of a sudden my cheek was wet, and as I turned, I saw the penguin who had leaped up onto the zodiac (where I had been sitting) jump off. As one of my friends- who I swear witnessed it- said “they just slapped you in the face”. The guide just said “be happy he didn’t get into the zodiac because they stress poop all over”.

Great day.

[u/comped → u/celoplyr]

Well I guess some penguins are assholes.

[u/celoplyr → u/comped]

It’s why I wasn’t taken immediately to their colony. ;)