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Pacific Odyssey - Leg 5
Papua New Guinea to Osaka - for more information see http://www.salts.ca/010_SALTS_odyssey.htm
tracking Pacific Grace: 66 recorded positions
tracking Pacific Grace: 66 recorded positions
| Last Position: 13°27'42.12 N 144°39'54.00 E on January 21st 2008 @ 23:30 |
Ship's Log:
It=92s been another full day for most of us. Sarah B. traveled around =
the south end of the island again with Sara R. and they discovered a beauti=
ful bay at the end of a hike where they would=92ve liked to stay all day. =
Zach, James, Tiana, Sean and Caley enjoyed the pool and the waterslide at t=
he Sheraton Hotel while several of the crew was able to do internet in the =
lounge there. Chase=92s family came down to the ship this evening and we h=
ad a wonderful visit, making plans for tomorrow to spend more time with the=
m. Chase=92s sister Wendy sailed on two of the four legs of the last offsh=
ore trip and all but one (who is still 12) of Chase=92s siblings have saile=
d on coastal trips in the summer. This morning Jordan awoke Sara R. at 040=
0hrs to attend an early morning yoga class Sara had heard about. Unfortuna=
tely Jordan had not used his alarm clock since before the last two time cha=
nges and neither of the two checked their watch. They drove through the da=
rk streets only to find they had arrived at their yoga class 2 hours early!=
After a 1 1/2 hours sleep in the car they found the class and read a sign=
on the door saying, =93welcome to our new location.=94 This was bad news =
as by now they were running out of time; fortunately a woman came up and as=
ked if they were waiting for the Tae-Bo class and Sara and Jordan hesitantl=
y answered =93uuuh, yes.=94 They joined in the class and made it through t=
he entire session. It was not a yoga class though but another type of mart=
ial art, more aggressive, active and tiring. Despite everything they enjoy=
ed their morning together and laughed through the entire telling of their s=
tory. All this happened to them before 0810 hrs. We are still the minorit=
y here in skin color. I went to the pool with my 6 kids today and every fe=
w seconds I would glance up and make sure I could see 3 little white boys a=
mongst about 25 darker-skinned kids. My 3 boys were laughing, screaming, a=
nd smiling along with all the other boys sliding together on a mat or close=
behind each other down the very large water slide. I=92m not sure how ma=
ny nationalities were represented in that kids pool; I would have liked to =
ask everyone where they were from. My guess is they were from Guam, from I=
ndonesia, from China, from Japan, from Malaysia, from the Phillipines . . .=
all the kids were beautiful and having so much fun together. Tomorrow Ski=
pper begins the process of clearing out, visiting with customs etc. and the=
n we will leave hopefully by mid-day on Wednesday. I would like to wish a =
belated (very sorry) Happy Birthday to my nephew Silas who turned 8 on Janu=
ary 15th. Happy Birthday Silas from all of us; we hope you had an amazing =
day and careful with those wands! Until tomorrow, good night, Bonice.=
the south end of the island again with Sara R. and they discovered a beauti=
ful bay at the end of a hike where they would=92ve liked to stay all day. =
Zach, James, Tiana, Sean and Caley enjoyed the pool and the waterslide at t=
he Sheraton Hotel while several of the crew was able to do internet in the =
lounge there. Chase=92s family came down to the ship this evening and we h=
ad a wonderful visit, making plans for tomorrow to spend more time with the=
m. Chase=92s sister Wendy sailed on two of the four legs of the last offsh=
ore trip and all but one (who is still 12) of Chase=92s siblings have saile=
d on coastal trips in the summer. This morning Jordan awoke Sara R. at 040=
0hrs to attend an early morning yoga class Sara had heard about. Unfortuna=
tely Jordan had not used his alarm clock since before the last two time cha=
nges and neither of the two checked their watch. They drove through the da=
rk streets only to find they had arrived at their yoga class 2 hours early!=
After a 1 1/2 hours sleep in the car they found the class and read a sign=
on the door saying, =93welcome to our new location.=94 This was bad news =
as by now they were running out of time; fortunately a woman came up and as=
ked if they were waiting for the Tae-Bo class and Sara and Jordan hesitantl=
y answered =93uuuh, yes.=94 They joined in the class and made it through t=
he entire session. It was not a yoga class though but another type of mart=
ial art, more aggressive, active and tiring. Despite everything they enjoy=
ed their morning together and laughed through the entire telling of their s=
tory. All this happened to them before 0810 hrs. We are still the minorit=
y here in skin color. I went to the pool with my 6 kids today and every fe=
w seconds I would glance up and make sure I could see 3 little white boys a=
mongst about 25 darker-skinned kids. My 3 boys were laughing, screaming, a=
nd smiling along with all the other boys sliding together on a mat or close=
behind each other down the very large water slide. I=92m not sure how ma=
ny nationalities were represented in that kids pool; I would have liked to =
ask everyone where they were from. My guess is they were from Guam, from I=
ndonesia, from China, from Japan, from Malaysia, from the Phillipines . . .=
all the kids were beautiful and having so much fun together. Tomorrow Ski=
pper begins the process of clearing out, visiting with customs etc. and the=
n we will leave hopefully by mid-day on Wednesday. I would like to wish a =
belated (very sorry) Happy Birthday to my nephew Silas who turned 8 on Janu=
ary 15th. Happy Birthday Silas from all of us; we hope you had an amazing =
day and careful with those wands! Until tomorrow, good night, Bonice.=
Observations:
mostly cloudy, some hot sun, some rain/wind squalls
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