This was the third of four consecutive days at sea so the blog will be quite brief. After an early morning shower it was dry today, with the temperature in the mid-eighties. There is only one or two degrees change at night.
It was a quiet start as Marion was a little under the weather, no it was not alcohol related. It did however turn out to be quite a social day. As usual it was the trivia quiz before lunch, which we shared with Fred and Kathy from Pittsburgh. Much political discussion, Fred who is a lawyer is convinced that Trump will be in trouble with the courts in the southern district of New York over his tax affairs. We shall see.
During the afternoon we had a really interesting conversation with two of the experts on the cruise. It is really interesting talking to people with a great expertise outside of ones experience. For instance I did not realise that Darwin and similar explorers financed their expeditions by selling the specimens that they collected. Joe also told us of his experiences undertaking environmental impact studies for offshore wind farms. It turns out that they could actually be helpful to seabirds by creating new reefs for fish. Even onshore wind farms are not damaging as long as they are not on the migratory routes of birds of prey.
After some exercise in the pool we had a very pleasant dinner outside with an Australian couple, who lamented the cold Sydney winters, but extolled the virtues of Indonesia. Another potential holiday destination?
Tomorrow is our final day at sea before arriving in Timor Leeste, one of the world’s newest countries.
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