We are in our first of four Sea Days on the way to Easter Island. Most people I talk to enjoy the days at sea, Port Days are great, but very tiring although generally exciting.
There is no general 'routine' that you could say regarding what people do on a cruise like this. One thing that it is not is a Party Ship. Although if you wanted to drink and party all the time the ability is certainly here. Some read basically all the time at sea, there is a fanatical bridge group who are very serious on the game, there are interesting lecturers on board; I have been to two today, one on photography and one on Plate Tectonics. I also went to Tai Chi this morning and found out I was not too far behind after being away for a few days. There are many, many other activities that appeal to the wide range of pursuits of people on board. There is a knitting group that meets very sea day, they just sit and knit and chat! Sunbathing is always popular as is eating and napping and there is always somebody doing laps around the ship and the gym is doing a great business as are the exercise groups.
Right now Fellette is upstairs in the library doing one of four jig-saw puzzles laid out. Earlier this morning Moe and I had a lesson on uploading photos into her iPad and creating albums.
This morning at the breakfast lounge I tried to help a lady who was having trouble with her iPad and sending mail. She has sent over 1 1/2 hours of time trying to send emails without success. There were drafts were 44 emails, some as old as two years, yet her iPad was about two months old and bought new. We deleted her emails in drafts and now she can at least do a draft and it will open for her instead of trying to load 44 emails. I also turned up her sound so she can hear when it has sent.I have not heard if she has connected yet, I fear not.
The internet situation has improved somewhat with the technician on board, he has solved a hardware issue and is working on a software issue that still haunts us, that is dropping the signal. Internet and ships don't mix well, but I feel confident that it will get better although we are heading across this big empty void on this planet known as the Pacific Ocean and the satellite coverage is sparse at best without sharing it with 1000 other non-technical old fogeys who want to connect back home!
The connection may be spotty for a few days yet.
Pics: Some Galapagos laundry coming back to us this morning, dinner last night with Moe and the Cutler's, Fellette and Gail in our cabin last night before dinner and lastly a collection of deep sea fishing boats anchored off of Lima, Peru.
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