Looking outside my den window all I see is snow and ice. No wonder so many people travel to the tropics during our winters here. Snow, in modest amounts beats rain and dreary sunless days, but not by much.
Our day was an easy day really. My only main objective of the day was to get a haircut. Sounds simple enough, it has been about two months since I had one and am looking pretty darn shabby. The underlying fear was of course, the toilet. The wait at the local shop can sometimes be quite long. Too long under my current circumstances. So, off I went and low and behold, two barbers, short wait and no issues. I call that "The Mark Twain Experience" Mark Twain is reputed to have said, "Some of my biggest problems never happened!" I find that is very often the case, things work out.
We are still packing, or I should say, laying out, goods that we may need on this trip. Packing is quite a challenge this time. Usually a long winter cruise gets to between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and spends all the time in warm weather.
Not so this trip. We start in Florida, go through the Panama, now 31C, down past Ecuador where it is 28 C, and down to Antarctica where it is currently -4C, the Falklands are at 6C and pelting rain, and Rio is 32C. Quite a challenge. However we do not get off the ship in the Antarctic, we just cruise about, look at icebergs the size of battleships, seals, penguins and then wish we would get to warmer climes. Good fun and reason to stay inside and watch it all from the comfort of a cozy ship.
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These are some of the 'Just in case" cold remedies we take. We have yet to pack the 'real' pills and stuff for my recovery.
This was the original 'Recovery' suitcase that Fellette packed last week. We will lighten it up as my condition improves and slip only the essentials into another case. You would not believe some of the medicines that people take along. They are very happy to offer you stuff from their on board medicine cabinet. Anything to avoid a doctors visit and the subsequent bill. They have a very well equipped sick bay on board, a doctor and maybe two nurses.
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