January 19, 2016
Sailing through the Humboldt Current, the ship is listing to
port (left) side due to a combination of a strong wind from the right and some
issue below which we are assured is being corrected. We are accompanied by
South American Boobies who fly alongside the ship. One must have gotten a bit
tired because it landed on the bow and rode along that way.
We returned to our cabin this evening to find a beautiful
bouquet of flowers. They were from Daryl, one of the waiters in the Crow’s Nest
who is sailing on his first contract. This is Daryl’s first time away from home
in the Philippines and, at age 27, he is suffering from both home sickness and
dangerously high blood pressure. It runs in his family. On the cruise before
this one his blood pressure got so high he almost had a stroke. So John gave
him the portable blood pressure monitor we carry. Daryl was obviously touched
and the flowers were his way of saying thanks for the kindness. Now he checks
his blood pressure 4 times each day.
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