Little to write about today so I will try to keep ramblings
to a minimum and instead treat you to a few photos. I believe we crossed the line (equator)
sometime in the early hours of Friday morning, but the ceremony is to be held
later today - I am less than thrilled by the prospect of this charming seafaring
tradition and what it means for me! On the plus side,
there will be a BBQ to celebrate the occasion and the food promises to be
truly delicious. Whether this will make
up for my hair smelling like mouldy fish for the next week (if rumours are to
be believed) remains to be seen. In fact
I crafted the burgers for the BBQ with my own fair hands, having now ventured
into the galley for some cooking lessons pre-arrival in South Georgia. If all goes to plan, today I will be
foregoing the early morning rowing (finally managed sub-21mins yesterday -
woohoo!) in order to learn to make bread - probably a more useful life skill.
The world's biggest infinity pool - no swimming allowed!
Yesterday saw the arrival of frigate birds which are pretty
awesome creatures - absolutely massive and they glide gracefully alongside the ship for hours,
occasionally trying (succeeding intermittently) to land on the mast. The gannets were also out in force and were
looking quite delightful against the blue sky. I'm not much of a wildlife photographer (rather lacking in the required levels of
patience sadly) but I did bring out a ridiculously oversized
lens so thought I should at least give it a go - it
was very windy and they did keep moving about which I found most unhelpful, but I eventually managed to get a couple of acceptable shots.
This one has a very good beady eye
In other exciting news I have finally got around to checking
the x-ray kit works. It does and I have
a reasonably satisfactory picture of my hand to show for my efforts - complete
with grubby finger prints in the bottom left corner. I have an awful lot of chemicals for
developing x-rays in the surgery so I may have a think about other things that
might look good on the inside.
