The nice thing about forward changes is that we do them
midday rather than at night. It’s easier
on the body to shift your clock forward at 2pm rather than 2am and lose an hour
of sleep.
Holland America has been great to the Grand Voyagers. We’ve received so many nice gifts in our
cabins at various points throughout the trip:
cloth zippered bag to carry excursion items, a blue tooth speaker for
music in the cabin, leather wallets and passport holders, really nice umbrellas
to place in our cloth bag, etc. It’s
will be interesting to see what they give on the second half of the
journey. Many of the repeat voyagers say
the final gift is a piece of luggage to take all this stuff home.
There’s another important event day. The ship will be crossing the equator and
returning to the Northern Hemisphere. There's the King Neptune ceremony at 10am today. This "ceremony" is nothing like the one in the navy, but an opportunity for free drinks and some laughter. In addition, it's actually the second crossing we've made on the voyage.
I met Dolly yesterday as we participated in the sail away
event from Jakarta. She said this is her
24th trip around the world. She
pretty much lives on this ship, and she’s a big part of the lives of many folks
who work on the ship. She calls the kids
of the attendants “hers,” and she was busy waving to them as we left the
port. These kids were using their iPads
and cameras to take her picture as we sailed away.
The journey has been great, but there’s the reality of
traveling with many folks who are older and a little more mature. I understand that 4 voyagers have passed away
from natural causes at this point (which is typical).
Well, I’m now ready to make my way home. It’ll just take 57 more days to do it. |
| On Day 58 (tomorrow) we arrive in Singapore. We've started moving our clocks forward as we've reach the midpoint of the journey. |
