The weather does not change much, as we have a constant slight southerly wind following us so it becomes slightly warmer each day. It has remained mostly cloudy and we had a short light shower today. By evening our position looked to be half way between Namibia and Brazil. We passed the zero longitude line at lunchtime so we are now in the Western Hemisphere. Tomorrow at lunchtime we pass the zero latitude line into the Northern Hemisphere.
There were three lectures we selected today. The plastic surgeon gave his second lecture which covered cosmetic operations. He allowed for 15 minutes of audience questions and all but one were asked by women. Three of the questions were about botox, face lifts and lip enlargement. Draw your own conclusion. Malcolm is having a recurrence of the dreaded lurgi (or URTI) so went to bed for the afternoon, while Lyn went to another performance by young pianist Adam and the second crime lecture by Ian Brown, this one about the Brind's Mail 26 million pound gold bullion robbery. Many people on board are coughing and the doctors are running out of supplies. The ship is a big virus factory.
We had all six at our dinner table tonight so there was plenty of laughter. At 8pm we went to see "Birdman", which we did not enjoy. We wanted to get the birdman character out of noisy, unfriendly New York and take him on a one week bush walk on the Bibbulmun Track to get away from his self-centred problems. The sound track backing was almost entirely a lone drummer, perhaps indicating lack of meaning on every character's life in the cast. If we had been sitting on the end of a row we would have left after 15 minutes.
Lyn liked the sign near the gangway: Tender Embarkation. A place for fond welcomes and farewells.
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