Salvador, BrazilJan 22, 2008
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| I SURVIVED 21 DAYS AT SEA!!!!!! And more importantly so did all the students and crew!!! Well, its kind of bittersweet doing this update as it is the end of my journey. It truely has been a journey not only physically but emotionally. You learn alot about yourself in 21 days of bobbing around in a huge body of water. We arrived in Salvador, Brazil on the 21st and took 9 hours to clear customs and the health inspection. Today the students are off to the beach for one last all-crew outing and then will return to the ship for a pizza supper. They all leave tomorrow...its going to be an emotional day saying good-bye to so many really amazing young people. While there were so many times that I wanted to strangle them, there were many more times that I gave them a quick hug if one was needed, a high-five in the companionway for a job well done or just a quick chat to see how their day was going. There have been trials throughout this entire trip but nothing seemed so large as to be insurmountable. Amazing the resources you pull out of yourself when you have too. I found out that I can be really resourceful....like visiting a clinic in Senegal where they speak Wolof (and incidentally, I don't), figuring out what the doctor is telling me using pantomine (or hoping I figured it out correctly) and then filling prescriptions and trying to figure out how often to give the darn thing (and being thrilled that the insert was in French so that at least one of my students could translate) I leave here on the 29th and arrive in Victoria on the 30th. I had planned on a few days in Victoria but that may not happen so......here's to seeing you all in the very near future. PS....on the trans-Atlantic crossing we stopped about 200 miles off shore and went swimming....while we were swimming about 8 pilot whales came by to see what the heck we were up too. They got to within about 30 feet of us.....while we were rather scared it was also really thrilling to have them there. PSS....there is something intimidating about swimming in the ocean knowing that the bottom is about 5 kilometers below your feet. |
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