FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 17 – At Sea
March 22, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Islands
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Trip Day 48 – Monday, March 18 –At Sea – high cotton ball clouds w/filtered sun – high 67
Molting Gentoos
- 8:15 – wake up (only so-so sleep)
- 8:30 – typical morning routine
- A – 10:30 – 16 laps on deck 6 = 2 miles – less wind & calmer seas today
- A – 12:30 – International themed lunch – dining room decorated w/flags from around the world – lots of different food options from sushi to German sausages
- 2:00 – room R & R
- 7:00 – happy hour w/Alfredo
Great Shearwater’s
- 8:15 – dinner w/the Tristanian couple Sean & Marina
- C – Karaoke w/Alfredo
- C – lots of ship mates – lounge is packed!
- 12:00 – music usually stops
- 12:30 – Alfredo finally calls it a night
- 1:00 – time for bed
- B – time change again – lose an hour
FF – (FUN-fact) – Sean works for the UK Foreign Office and Marina is a teacher. He is the administrator for the island council of 11 members. They only stay for three years on an assignment. They are currently applying for their next assignment in 2014. They said living on Tristan has been a wonderful experience. There is no crime, the speed limit is 20, and the children are free to run, ride their bikes and play with none of the worries that city life brings. The community is in essence a co-op with every home having a cow and potato field. Tristanians either work at the fish factory or have a government position.
St. Andrew’s Bay King Penguins