I woke up late – it was almost 9. Counterintuitively, Aruba is +1 hour from the east coast (the dateline takes a sharp cut west to accomodate Venezuela), so we lost an hour. I did the morning walk, then headed to breakfast. We stationed ourselves in a group of lounge chairs facing the sea in the Solarium. It was very comfortable and I finally succombed to the jet lag for nap. I read all the email I had downloaded on Friday and planned a day of exploring and caching in Aruba tomorrow.

The pool in the Solarium was drained, I guess because the ship was so rocky. The outdoor pool was full though. The captain said the waves were 10 feet high, but later they looked to be 15+. Later we saw what happens when the pool is full when the ship is rocking – the pool becomes a wave pool! At night they drained that one too. 🙁

Thre are very few clocks on board. There’s none in your room and when all the lights are out in an interior room it’s COMPLETELY dark, so you have no clue even if the sun is out. It’s strange be mostly unaware of the current time, date and even your own location. Even stranger is not to care. The elevators have signs on the floor which indicate which day of the week it is. While this seems like an odd place for a reality check, it’s effective.

More relaxing, more eating. We played shuffleboard and ping pong. We visited the shops. They have a cinema and they were playing Batman Begins. I meant to catch it but I was too busy doing nothing.

It’s 9:30 pm now and the ship is really rocking. The whole room is swaying and creaking. I don’t generally get seasick, but we’ll see what happens tonight.

I’m noticing these blogs are getting shorter and shorter each day. It looks like I’m really getting the hang of being lazy.