After faith-leaping/falling three stories out of my bunk confusedly, long before my alarm, and somehow managing to open a combo lock in the pitch dark, I made my way into the shower area with about half the things I needed to take a shower. I spent a good 5-7 minutes trying to figure out how the heck you get the shower temperature right- the only thing I could seem to find was the scalding setting. Frustrated and embarrassed, I finally gave up my pride and called out to the stall next to me. "Is there a way to change the temperature on these things??" She replied in a thick New Zealand accent "from hellfire? Not if you're in the 2nd stall". That was exactly where I was. I spent the early morning trying to awkwardly figure out how to get in and out of the shower without making any naked dashes, because there is not storage or place to put things, and I sure didn't want my clean clothes on this flooded and diseased floor. After working my way through that I can see why military women are so low maintenance.
Blue camo is Navy, dark green camo is marines, light green is army, blob camo is Australian military, Singapore snd Canadian militaries look similar. It's a Navy ship but it's staffed by all nations. The chief of staff is an Australian too so it's pretty integrated.
1857: Wow, what a day. I've found my happy place here on the deck of the ship on the side facing the sunset. 
It's nice to know even the Navy moves at a slower pace here. The little ferry that took us to land earlier is now being hoisted up on to the side of the ship. The light reflecting on the water makes it a deep surreal blue color. The sunsets all look like the opening scene in the Lion King here.
Today we took a Liberty day inland because Jordan and I realized our schedules won't line up for that for the rest of the time here. We hiked over the Christo Rei mountain again to get to the crystal clear bay we saw on the other side last time. It didn't disappoint. There is so much coral that the beach is covered in washed up pieces and perfectly intact spiral shells. 
I collected as many as I dare stuff into my pack and we splashed around far out from shore where it was still shallow. We didn't have snorkel gear with us but Jordan's underwater camera gave us a good idea of what it was like, as well as the fact that you could see really well just looking down. I think some of the coral is dying because of the litter all around the island. It comes from being a developing country I guess. It was hard to see that happening to such a beautiful clear cove.
No comments:
Post a Comment