Day 37 – Whales!

Oct 4th

Whale Watching
During lunch, Marisa, Johnny and I eat outside on deck six to watch whales splashing in the waves next to the ship. Once we got closer to the deck railing, we spotted dolphins swimming below the water’s surface. According to Professor Sobey (the on ship oceanographer), the humpbacks were traveling to the south possibly to Antarctica for feeding. Along the way, they slap the water with their flukes or tail fins, a process called lobtailing, and some jump out of the water, an action called breaching. Later while Goldie and I were sweating away on the ellipticals, we played on impromptu game of “spot the whales mist” as we watched from the gym window. We finished the day watching the Presidential debates via podcast in the Union before I headed to a personal yoga session with Christina and Sara.

Best conversation to date
(Following a discussion about how there are toilet holes and not toilets in India.)
Me: “I really need to invest in those travel facial swipes. They are so handy.”
T-bag: “Yea, so you can wipe down the toilet holes when you get to India.”
Me: “No, so I can wipe the shit off my leg when I miss the hole.”
(I don’t think we stopped laughing for about 10 mins.)

Highs and Lows
My “high” was whale watching outside over lunch. My “low” was hearing the announcement that SAS is instituting a water conservation effort, since we won’t refuel our water supply until Malaysia. (Indian purified water is too expensive bc it is a scarce commodity there.) That means we are going to have to start taking military showers (ie. only a washcloth and sink)!