October 30, 2008 - At Sea

Today we were at sea the entire day steaming for the Marquesas. It was a nice day and the sea was not too rough. I spent most of the day listening to lectures and learning more about this area from the other expedition staff. Everyone is very knowledgeable. I also snuck in a mid afternoon nap, which was very nice.

I am feeling pretty sunburned today. Overnight, my sunburn settled in and turned out to be worse than I had thought. Yes, I have been using sunscreen, but I guess it doesn’t work when you are in and out of the water for five hours. It is blotchy sunburn and hopefully today’s rest out of the direct sun will help it turn to tan faster. The only thing that hurts is my lip. It seems that most of the staff managed to burn their bottom lips, so we all look like someone snuck into our rooms and gave us collagen injections in the middle of the night.

The photos today are of views from the ship during our cruise. Jess requested that I include a photo of the bow of the ship looking out, since this is normally what I include on trips where I am sailing through ice. I have included it so that you can compare it to another photo from a different climate.

The other photo is of a double rainbow I spotted while up on the bridge this evening just as the sun was beginning to set.



View off of the bow of the Clipper Odyssey




Double rainbow