Wednesday 26 October 2011

Latitude 16°16.6 South 036°24.2 West

Our blogspot today is mainly to report new sightings of birds.
It is a Masked Booby. Confirmed by John and Frieda. It appeared actually the 23 of October at 10:10, we thought nobody had captured it by camera, but luckily the guys on the bridge had the camera ready.
This is a Brown Booby. Spotted yesterday 25th of October at 17:15, and it stayed with us for an hour or so.
The wagtail "John bird-bird" has not been seen for a couple of days now. Seems he has left us.
The sunsets on the big blue Ocean are quite nice. This was Monday night 24th of October.

Todays crew interview is with Cabin Stewardess Aurea.
Name: Aurea Gacutan
Position: Cabin Stewardess
How long time have you been working for Hurtigruten?
8 Years
How many times have you crossed equator with a Hurtigruten Ship?
7 times
What do you like best about equator crossings?
Having baptism to the new crew or first time to cross the equator.
Is your job different when the ship do crossings?

Not really, it is almost the same, mainly cleaning.
We do get additional tasks on the crossing that our housekeeper wants us to do.
Which tasks do you have during the crossing?
Thorough cleaning of the cabins, public areas and other ship facilities.