As
you will have noticed, the internet is very unreliable so I am not
sure when you will get to read this but I haven't been able to
connect at all for the last 24 hours.
We
had a little adventure late yesterday in that, just after today's
very enticing program was announced, two things happened. The ship
picked up a rope and the route it was proposing to take to our
destination was unavailable because it was full of local fishermen
who couldn't be seen and avoided at night. That meant that would have
taken two hours longer to arrive at Wagmab, our first proposed
destination for today which meant we had to skip Wagmab after the big
build up it had been given.
The
captain had to find the first safe anchorage he could access this
morning so that the crew could get under the ship and remove the
rope. It was 500 metres long and had caught on part of the stabiliser
mechanism. That turned out to be very fortuitous in that the crew
went exploring and found an idyllic snorkelling and diving spot near
where we anchored to remove the rope so we had just as good an
experience as we would have done had we been able to get to Wagmab.
We then relocated to this afternoon's spot being an absolutely idyllic part of the archipelago accessed via the Mesemta Channel, a long narrow passage just wide enough for the ship to navigate. I'm sorry I can't show you the photos. The above water scenery was simply spectacular. Under the water wasn't as good as we have seen but it was still worth a snorkel/dive.
I
have now had three dives with another one to happen in the morning at
a location described as a very special and private reef area where
stunning coral awaits us. Sounds pretty good.
Tomorrow
afternoon, we will be at Kawe Island where we cross the equator.
There is a monument on the island marking the position of the
equator. Apparently we will have the opportunity to swim across the
equatOR.
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