Land ho! [Tomorrow!]

Sunday, January 2, [Australia Day]

Have you ever heard of reverse jet-lag at sea? Neither had we, until now. We have set our clocks back basically every night for three nights in a row. This morning we were wide awake at 4.00 am after going to bed at 9.30 after the show which was in reality 8.30. At 2.00 am I was awoken by the sound of the clock in our room being turned backward a little chug-chug-chug noise.
And at 4.00 we were both wide awake and looking at the ceiling so I got up and went up top to get a tea and coffee.

Nobody was there yet except the staff bringing out the fresh pastries and fruit and smoked salmon for the early buffet breakfast. Interesting to see the ship come to life. On the second trip up there were a smattering of folks in the same situation as us, awake way too early. But, this is better than losing and hour a night for three days in a row,

I had taken my iPad upstairs with me in case there was a bit of a connection. Lo and behold I connected and received some hunks of mail, but only the headers, not the message itself. I sent a few, including a blog but have no idea if it went because it did not go in my sent mail and it likely stuck somewhere, half sent and hung up in the big blue sky somewhere.

The last few days since we sailed from Pitcairn have been somewhat frustrating. We are all now well rested and caught up with sleep but many feel somewhat cut off from the world because of the combination of the ship's internet issues compounded by being in a black hole regarding satellite reception.

The cruise itself if fine. This stretch from South America to Australia is one of the most boring until we hit some islands and then after a few they all look the same. Restful for sure, but you can have too much of a good thing methinks.

Fellette had a bit of a cold, as did 1/4 of the ship. This is not uncommon after 1000 people get together from all over North America. The cold walked up the gangway in Fort Lauderdale January 4 for sure, the ship did not have it. Not a bad place to get over a cold though. Moe has something, not sure if it is a cold or an allergy.

At our table we have a very civil and somewhat interesting mix of folks. One couple immigrated from Australia 52 years ago and now live in Seattle. They both have kept an accent although it has modified from an identifiable Australian accent. Today, January 26, is Australia Day so we asked them to come tonight and explain and translate the words of Waltzing Matilda. It will consume some of the excess of time we have at dinner on the last of our stretch of sea days for a bit.

I am sending this without pictures for two reasons; one it may transmit faster and secondly, not many great pictures taken in the last few days, unless you want pictures of food.



Sent from my iPad