Activities onboard ship 船上的活動

Onboard ship there are all sorts of activities since as I said in the last post, the journey not the destination seems to be the purpose of a cruise.

First is getting sea sick. For all of you disease and pathology fans out there, this colorful term is appropriate “上吐下瀉 “ which literally means throwing up out of the top end and running out of the bottom end. My wife got a little sea sick the first night and somehow I felt it was not appropriate to mention this term to her even though it did come to my mind in thinking about boat trips. I remember fondly a trip on the Bay of Fundy from Maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia which supposedly has some of the highest tides in the world where I was so seasick that…well you probably don’t want to hear about it.

Second is sightseeing in port. Since we did not have much time in port, we just took a quick trip to see a major site and then walked around the town. In this first photo, there is a volcanic geyser by the ocean that sprays up every few minutes.

Third is sports. It was a beautiful warm sunny day and so our family went up on deck. I went swimming in the salt-water pool and my wife won the women’s ping pong tournament!!! In the 2nd photo you can see her in mid-flight dunking a basket ball.

日落 Last, but certainly not least, is enjoying the sunset. Since the weather is relatively dry in the seas in that area, we had a nice sunset our 3rd evening. We captured the sunset at different times, but in the 3rd photo you can see it at an earlier time.