We have 2 days at sea going from the Maldives to the Seychelles and crossing the equator. When we turned the TV on around 8:00am on Wednesday the polls were still open on the west coast and it was after breakfast when McCain conceded. There were both cheers and tears around the ship but not much discussion. It was a lazy day for most people, listening to lectures, catching up on computer work and reading. The sea was a bit choppy, it was windy and it rained off and on but the ship didn’t roll much at all. Portofino Restaurant switched to an Asian menu beginning Wednesday night and we had reservations with 2 other couples. The menu was varied and quite good. We were the last to leave the restaurant and missed the show. Pat was able to recoup the previous night’s blackjack losses and gain a bit more. At around 2:00am we crossed the equator and nobody felt the bump.
On Thursday morning the skies were less cloudy and there weren’t as many whitecaps on the waves, until mid day when the clouds arrived and the wind came up. We’re in something like the “Equatorial Tropical Conversion” where the trade winds from about 5 degrees above and below the equator meet and screw up the weather. At 2:00pm we had a “Crossing of the Equator” ceremony where Pollywogs become Shellbacks. I won’t explain in detail because you need to see it to understand it. For those of you who have witnessed this event on Regent (Radisson) it was the best of any I’ve seen out of 10 or so. The actual ship’s doctor portrayed the drunken doctor and did a fabulous job, the pollywogs deserved the part and the Captain went into the pool with the rest of the cast. Everyone was commenting that this was the best show we’ve seen. The program went on in sunlight and finished just before we headed into rainclouds.
The rest of the day and night were fairly uneventful. The restaurant wasn’t too full because a cold & cough are going around the ship and many used room service.
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