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Over the Bounding (Banging) Main

Oct. 10

 

Onboard the Orion! The travel day was oddly tiring; I think it comes from making polite chat with strangers—all of whom are very nice, but it requires energy to meet new people. I’m worn to a nub!



My cabin is lovely but has two drawbacks: It has two small portholes, not a large window (and not the sliding door to a balcony that Twig and Harry have two decks up in the rarified air).  Also, as the first cabin at the very front of the ship and pretty much at the waterline, I keep hearing massive bangs like the Orion struck a large, floating tree. It hasn’t. That’s just waves. But it’s a bit disconcerting.

 

So even though I’ve unpacked, I’ve asked the manager to see what it would cost to upgrade to a higher level. All three of the single occupancy rooms are booked; I’m in one. I tried to get the single occupancy on the upper deck, but it had been booked. So now I’m wondering if Lindblad will let me upgrade to a double on an upper deck for an amount that won’t shatter me. The boat is only HALF full—there are only 52 passengers and it’s supposed to have over a hundred. There are empty cabins all over the place. Fingers crossed that they get me up to the upper level. We’ll see.

 

Tomorrow we’re going to an island with a name that simply cannot be remembered and I can’t find the info. I’ll figure it out tomorrow. Our options are to walk to the “spirit house,” where the bones of the tribal elders are stored; this walk has been billed as six miles in extreme heat and high humidity and—against the laws of physics and geography—will be uphill BOTH ways; plus women are not allowed in the spirit house but can look at it from outside.

 

OR take a two-mile birding hike.

 

OR go snorkling.

 

Yeah. Gimme the fins. I am PSYCHED. And very tired. I’m off to sleep!



It’s wrong that this sign made us giggle—right?

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megnapierauthor
10 de out.

I think it's already tomorrow for you as I type here this morning, but hope you got a new berth (?) room (?) cabin (?)!

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