NAMIBIA TO ST HELENA (DAY1)
4 December 2006- Monday
Day 1 of 2 Full days at sea
Looking forward to a laid back day at sea and it turned out to be exactly that. Had some thoughts about 'destination' cruising- seems like it's a way to see some places very supericially and although I can say I've been to Namibia, the truth is I've seen only a part of the Namibian desert. The other things I miss is destination lectures that preview the places we'll see and clues as to what to look for. Would have liked to know more about a plant we saw called the Welwitschi mirabalis. (Dave Witschi was a resident classmate of mine who said the name is Swiss- will have to google welwitschi). The locals call it the "two leaf can't die plant" and they are located in the desert and look prehistoric. It really starts out as two leaves but they get split when whipped in the wind. pre-destination lectures also let you pick from the different tours available. I always sign up for the longest ones as I figure you'll see the most, but that's often not true. We did have a casualty of this landing- the guy who runs the internet room. He was a twenty something who rented a FWD quad bike to run the giant sand dunes- unfortunately, flipped the bike and fractured his leg and was hospitalized. So much for adventure sports in a 3rd world country.
They do try to keep the passengers busy during the sea days- but the only thing they announce over the PA system is the Bingo games. Sir Jon's lecture was "Captain Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty" he used a lot of pictures taken from a movie that looked like Russell Crowe playing Captin Bligh (another thing to look up). Then a guy who payed 50,000 dollars to participate in a round the world yacht race. and finally a self described US naturalized French citizen, former CEO of Americqn company in Belgium who has a passion for anything Napoleon. He lectured without slides and either because of his accent or dramatic speaking or both kept the audience awake with a nice talk about Napoleon's birth and rise to power and his military genius. Jean Pierre Miguel did a nice job.
Did get to layout on the upper deck for 1 hour in perfect weather- noticed the sun was straight up so even a half hour each side was too much. Equatorial sun is hot. It bought a comment from Rosemary at dinner. Entertainment tonight is Tufty Gordon so opt for another episode of Lost.
Day 1 of 2 Full days at sea
Looking forward to a laid back day at sea and it turned out to be exactly that. Had some thoughts about 'destination' cruising- seems like it's a way to see some places very supericially and although I can say I've been to Namibia, the truth is I've seen only a part of the Namibian desert. The other things I miss is destination lectures that preview the places we'll see and clues as to what to look for. Would have liked to know more about a plant we saw called the Welwitschi mirabalis. (Dave Witschi was a resident classmate of mine who said the name is Swiss- will have to google welwitschi). The locals call it the "two leaf can't die plant" and they are located in the desert and look prehistoric. It really starts out as two leaves but they get split when whipped in the wind. pre-destination lectures also let you pick from the different tours available. I always sign up for the longest ones as I figure you'll see the most, but that's often not true. We did have a casualty of this landing- the guy who runs the internet room. He was a twenty something who rented a FWD quad bike to run the giant sand dunes- unfortunately, flipped the bike and fractured his leg and was hospitalized. So much for adventure sports in a 3rd world country.
They do try to keep the passengers busy during the sea days- but the only thing they announce over the PA system is the Bingo games. Sir Jon's lecture was "Captain Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty" he used a lot of pictures taken from a movie that looked like Russell Crowe playing Captin Bligh (another thing to look up). Then a guy who payed 50,000 dollars to participate in a round the world yacht race. and finally a self described US naturalized French citizen, former CEO of Americqn company in Belgium who has a passion for anything Napoleon. He lectured without slides and either because of his accent or dramatic speaking or both kept the audience awake with a nice talk about Napoleon's birth and rise to power and his military genius. Jean Pierre Miguel did a nice job.
Did get to layout on the upper deck for 1 hour in perfect weather- noticed the sun was straight up so even a half hour each side was too much. Equatorial sun is hot. It bought a comment from Rosemary at dinner. Entertainment tonight is Tufty Gordon so opt for another episode of Lost.
Labels: Nairobi to Rio 2006
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