NOSY BE TO DURBAN (DAY 3)
26 November 2006- Sunday
Third day at sea from Madagascar to Durban SA
Well it was bound to happen- stormy weather. Low hanging clouds sporadic rain and the seas are running rough. Started in the middle of night when the room starting rocking. I never mind that cause it makes for good sleeping. During the day they put burp bags on the railing in the halls and in the stair wells. (that would make an interesting picture). It also keeps the crowd down in the dining rooms. This ship rocks from front to back and I guess the stabilizers keep it from rolling from side to side, but the wind pushes us into a list of a few degrees so it makes walking about interesting.
Pretty much of a nothing day- as I remember it. I should write these every night, but with splanchnic pooling secondary to a full four course meal (sometimes I sneak in the cheese selection for a fifth course) I don't feel much like sitting at the laptop for an hour. (I'm still a slow typist) Anyway except for the 3 meals- 2 in Raffles and the dinner in the dining room, the only other event was my uploading another of couple of sessions onto the blog site. Seems to be going smoother, but I can never keep the internet connection below 20-25 minutes. To get away from the smokers I tried connecting from the Raffles restaurant which was empty when I started but a noisy crowd collected and the sessions take my full concentration. I'll decide whether it was worth the trouble at the end of the trip.
Did three episodes of Lost. It's a good program because it keeps you wondering what's going on and what can hapen next. Nice thing about the laptop is that it is wide screen. And the pictures are really clear. Being nearsighted I watch it without my glasses. Will have to try some of the movie dvds I brought along. The movies on tv run on 3 channels, but not interested in most and the ones I would like to watch are always on when there's something else happening- like lunch or dinner.
Tonight's entertainment "Joke Boy" Paul Adams last show as he gets off in Capetown. I think he's pretty fed up with this crowd- he used to wait until the audience caught on, now he just goes into the next set. ( I think it may be because of his British accent). He did his IKEA furniture set again- this makes the third time I've heard that. The other part of the program was Penny Mathisen- a singer who has a nice voice and can sing Broadway or opera. She's caught in the middle because when she trys to get an opera job and they see Broadway on her resume they think she can't sing, and when she tries to get a Broadway job and they see she's classically trained they think she can't act- so I guess that's why she works on a ship.
Third day at sea from Madagascar to Durban SA
Well it was bound to happen- stormy weather. Low hanging clouds sporadic rain and the seas are running rough. Started in the middle of night when the room starting rocking. I never mind that cause it makes for good sleeping. During the day they put burp bags on the railing in the halls and in the stair wells. (that would make an interesting picture). It also keeps the crowd down in the dining rooms. This ship rocks from front to back and I guess the stabilizers keep it from rolling from side to side, but the wind pushes us into a list of a few degrees so it makes walking about interesting.
Pretty much of a nothing day- as I remember it. I should write these every night, but with splanchnic pooling secondary to a full four course meal (sometimes I sneak in the cheese selection for a fifth course) I don't feel much like sitting at the laptop for an hour. (I'm still a slow typist) Anyway except for the 3 meals- 2 in Raffles and the dinner in the dining room, the only other event was my uploading another of couple of sessions onto the blog site. Seems to be going smoother, but I can never keep the internet connection below 20-25 minutes. To get away from the smokers I tried connecting from the Raffles restaurant which was empty when I started but a noisy crowd collected and the sessions take my full concentration. I'll decide whether it was worth the trouble at the end of the trip.
Did three episodes of Lost. It's a good program because it keeps you wondering what's going on and what can hapen next. Nice thing about the laptop is that it is wide screen. And the pictures are really clear. Being nearsighted I watch it without my glasses. Will have to try some of the movie dvds I brought along. The movies on tv run on 3 channels, but not interested in most and the ones I would like to watch are always on when there's something else happening- like lunch or dinner.
Tonight's entertainment "Joke Boy" Paul Adams last show as he gets off in Capetown. I think he's pretty fed up with this crowd- he used to wait until the audience caught on, now he just goes into the next set. ( I think it may be because of his British accent). He did his IKEA furniture set again- this makes the third time I've heard that. The other part of the program was Penny Mathisen- a singer who has a nice voice and can sing Broadway or opera. She's caught in the middle because when she trys to get an opera job and they see Broadway on her resume they think she can't sing, and when she tries to get a Broadway job and they see she's classically trained they think she can't act- so I guess that's why she works on a ship.
Labels: Nairobi to Rio 2006
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