Day 85 at sea; March 31, 2011
We have been sailing off the coast of Yemen, where there is so much unrest. We are flanked by two navy ships, one US, one Dutch. Today we will leave the Arabean Sea (the Gulf of Aden) and sail through a small opening with Yemen to the north and east and Djibouti to the west. This is the entrance to the Red Sea.
Yesterday was deemed Celebration Day to collectively celebrate life. We had a formal night and free wine with dinner. Then at 9:30 in the evening, we had a dessert extravaganza. The chefs created an amazing and delectable array of sculptures, ice and chocolate and everything imaginable. All edible. We had white and dark chocolate fountains, a chocolate palace and ship. Wow. And what took more than 24 hours to create was torn apart and eaten within an hour. Thankfully, we had a time to take photos before the guests could start eating.
We have four sea days in a row and I am hoping to get a lot of writing done. We are having trouble with our internet so I haven’t been able to get on.
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