CruiseTrek — Day 5
Wednesday, 03 June, 2003
2:59 p.m. HST
Fanning Island, Republic of Kiribati
Greetings from tomorrow!
The voyage thus far has been quite lovely. The seas are mostly calm, the CruiseTrekkers and Geek Cruisers are awesome, and Anne and I are really enjoying our time away from our so-called real lives.
Yesterday, we spent the whole day at sea, traveling 1200 miles Southwest of Hawaii, on our way to Fanning Island, which is 220 miles North of the equator, and across the international dateline (hence this entry’s greeting).
Yesterday afternoon, I played poker with Vaughn and his wife, this guy Trenton, and this other guy Dan. We had a really good time, and gave Vaughn all of our money . . . which he later used to buy everyone beers. 🙂
Last night, I ate dinner with the rest of the speakers on the Mac Mania and Perl Whirl cruises, which was just awesome. I enjoyed being able to talk with people who are smarter than me about things that interest me, and feel like I could keep up.
After dinner, Anne retired to our cabin, and I joined some other geeks for more poker. We even had some normals join us: two very nice guys who played well and provided pleasant company.
I understand that everyone with wireless has been reading my updates from the ship . . . that’s so strange to me, but, uh, hi there, everyone who is on the ship. Especially Tom and Dori, who are too cool for words.
Today, we spent our time at Fanning Island. There is too much to write about Fanning Island, but I’ll do it when I have more time.
Until then, take a look at what I see when I look out of my stateroom . . .