I was really tired I guess as I didn't stir until 7:30am and then didn't even get out of bed until 9am as I wanted to attend the first lecture of the day. I missed Terry Greenberg's 9am coffee chat, but I've seen and chatted with him previously. Ron Orenstein gave a strong presentation to a packed house on the animals of New Guinea. It's truly a unique area of the world. Following Ron, Lance gave his first presentation on the two upcoming ports of Wewak and Madang. He emphasized that these ports are really, really, very tiny small and to not expect the tourism infrastructure we're used to in larger ports
There was a Mariner lunch today as the LIDO was pretty empty and the only afternoon talk was Terry Greenburg's Modern Legacy of the Spice Trade. It was interesting to watch the crew stretch a net across the LIDO pool all the while large waves were splashing each end. Several of the crew got thoroughly drenched. Throughout the day there was a lot of motion to the ocean and at our LIDO dinner after the interdenominational Bible study, a supervisor commented to us that several of his staff were in bed with motion sickness. It was very pretty to see the intense white waves cascade from the ship when it came crashing down after being lifted up on the oncoming swell. Unfortunately, several staff got very wet.
Tonight's entertainer was Bruce Mathiske, a chameleon virtuoso guitarist and oboe player. He was one of the best guitarists we've seen perform on a ship. His Chet Atkins song was especially beautiful. We then re-attended as a remedial session for me Greg Redfern's talk on the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater. I should comment that the former Evening Insight talks in the Wajang are now just called Talks.
Also today a new version of the Navigator was released today. This Navigator app available on board and not needing to purchase an internet package is used to access the daily program, explore dining shore excursion information, the Paid Internet, and much more. The change seems to be providing a cleaner and more modern user interface.
I'll leave you with a picture of tonight's sunset. It was a good day, and I like the rhythm of sea days.
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