Which brings me to my significant discovery for today - the distances we need to walk to get from one place to another are enormous! I’ve come to the sudden realisation today that the number of stairs and the trek from one end of the ship to the other all points to this holiday (selected by Helen) as being designed as a walking holiday (even more than a than camping and bushwalking in a National Park!) I’d tell you how long the ship is but if you don’t believe me I’m sure you’ll go to the Pacific Dawn http://www.pacificdawn.com.au/html/ site and check it out.
Caribe Deck Corridor – runs the entire length of the ship
So as if to confirm my suspicions, we were out of bed and up to the walking/ running circuit on Deck 14 to go walking before breakfast. With the prevailing weather this turns out to be more challenging than it sounds. On the forward facing side of the circuit the 75 km / hr breeze (30km trade wind and 35km/hr ship speed) makes walking forward quite a challenge. Then once you round the corner to head towards the stern the wind nearly lifts you off your feet towards the stern!
Walking Track – much later in the day
The rest of the day was made up with eating, relaxing in the bars enjoying performances of piano (2 pianos in separate areas of the ship) plus an Australian guitar / keyboard Duo called Inertia and discovering areas of the ship we hadn’t found on the first night. Before dinner there was a comedy routine by a new Australian stand-up comedian and after dinner we headed up to the Dome for a bit of dancing and watching the teens and many others enjoy the impromptu dance lesson and several competitions interspaced with more dancing.
It’s felt like we’ve done very little but we finally collapsed at around 1am.
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