Our departure from BA was delayed somewhat as one of our unfortunate fellow passengers had to be taken ashore on a stretcher and away in an ambulance. I don’t know what the problem was but he/she also had to have their belongings packed and taken with them so it was something which would require some treatment. I am not sure if they will be able to travel to Santos to meet the ship there or will return home from BA.
After departure the Gods showed some displeasure by venting upon us a huge and violent thunderstorm which resulted in extremely heavy rain, very spectacular lightning and thunder the particular sound of which was very unusual, almost like fireworks going off. As we left the port the lightning came close and the rain very heavy. We had dinner outside on the after deck which is protected by an awning but the awning kept filling up and as the ship moved it emptied itself with a huge deluge onto the deck below. It was quite a dramatic backdrop to dinner. The city was soon lost in the gloom.
After dinner we retired to a lounge and found ourselves inveigled into a trivia quiz. It is always as source of surprised amusement to me the pleasure some get from these activities, bingo, trivia, etc. I am sure that I am an exception within the human race that finds them tedious and I would in no way demean those who find them fun as long as they keep it to themselves!! Anyway, I survived this one and the group with which I found myself, who were very nice, came second, winning some sort of ‘coupons’ redeemable for something from the gift shop.
This morning we find ourselves, having re-passed Montevideo, just at the mouth of the River Plate (Rio de la Plata), estuary. We are 14 miles off Punta del Este. We will soon start to turn our course north-easterly, parallel to the coast of Uruguay and then Brazil. We have now traveled over 4,000 miles since our departure from Santiago on the other side of the South American continent. The day has dawned rainy and cloudy but there are hopes that the sun will come out for those who love to bask in it.
I have published another posting with some more photos in it as I now have some extra internet minutes to use up.
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