At Sea – Monday, December 20th

It was another rough day at sea today. The Tasman Sea is really rough, it causes the ship to more than just rock, it makes it shiver. And for those of us at the back of the boat it gets even worse. Multiple times it felt like an earthquake on the ship.

Today is our last full day on the ship, so between the logistics that needed to be taken care of (ie. packing, organizing, eating) there was also the last minute rush to spend some more time with the people that had become our friends over the last couple of weeks. We have been treated so well this whole time.

The little boat that Nikki had seen being built won its boat race today.
Nikki with Hank, who is the namesake of the Oasis Bar renamed to Hank’s Bar. He is a really cool Dutchmen who lives in Australia.
Tonight’s Dinner Beer was: Greenman and Strongman

Picture of our dinner mates.

Our waiters Peter and Gerardo.

We went to the last show of the cruise which was a talent show put on by the crew, based on the British holiday camps of the 50s and 60s. It was hysterical; simple, rude and fun.
Then it was off to Jammers again where Nikki had Tall Poppy India Red Ale as shown in the picture with Joel seemingly praying to it.
And then we tried to stay up until we docked, well Nikki tried anyway, Ida was much more responsible. But eventually even Nikki decided that some sleep was a good idea, after she had used her extra hour of time change to stay up chatting and swilling with her new friends til 4.30 am!!!