• Sea Day Number 6

    September 25, 2024, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    Our final sea day before reaching Japan. We are still perilously close to Russia, but moving right along.
    Yesterday we had a bridge tour and learned that even though things are run primarily by electronics, there is still much hands-on working of the ship. There is someone on watch 24 hours a day and always scanning the seas for any possible problem, rogue wave, obstacles or other vessels. We hope there isn’t a stealth submarine anywhere because that is one thing they can’t pick up on radar. Yikes.
    As we get closer to Japan, our food choices seem up have changed as they now include lots of soups, raw fish and tempuras.
    I am showing a picture of our arrival cards. It starts to get a bit challenging when you need to fill out a form that is mostly written in Japanese.
    Luckily, the ship has a very specific form saying what to write where.
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