This
morning we travelled through the Straights of Megellan into the Pacific
Ocean.
This body of water was
discovered by the Spanish sponsored explorer Fernando Megellan in 1520. This was important as it gave the European
traders a calmer route to the Pacific Ocean instead of going south of Cape Horn
into some of the wildest waters in the world.
The
straight is a fairly wide body of water that was created when there was a
seismic shift in the Teutonic plates. The southern coast of the straight is
populated with many islands carved out by glaciers, while the northern shore is
mainland South America.
As we
entered the Pacific Ocean, it was if someone had turned on the wave machine in
an aqua park. In the straight the waves
were probably less than a meter, but in the Pacific the waves are four to five
meters in height. The winds have made
the temperature very uncomfortable.
It is very
difficult to walk with the rolling of the boat. You are continually off balance
and it puts a lot of stress on your leg joints trying to stay stable. In the Oceanview Café trays, dishes and
assorted condiments have been crashing to the floor. Our room is creaking and moaning with each
large wave. It is so dangerous that they
have closed the walkways on decks four and five.
In the early
afternoon there was a juggling act. The
juggler’s name was Aaron Bonk. As you can imagine it was particularly hard to
perform with the violent movement of the boat.
He managed to complete the show without any major mishaps.
Later in
the afternoon with met up with the retired Orthodontist and his wife who are
from California. We tried our hand at
general trivia with only moderate success.
The evening
show was with another Broadway singer named Jordon Bennet. His music was standard and his voice was OK,
but he had a self depreciating sense of humour that kept the show moving along.
For supper
both Marg and myself had Argentinean steaks.
We didn’t try to cut them with a spoon, but they were tender and juicy.
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