Sue's Travels: Arature

We arrived at Arature and had only one outing in the Zodiacs. I think that I might have gotten some pictures of Toucans, but I can’t be sure. Since my trip was scheduled for 7:30, I ate breakfast before the excursion. Shortly after we returned, the Capitan lifted anchor and we headed further down river. By 11:30 we were in the Atlantic rocking and rolling. Luellen gave the disembarkation lecture and I paid for a tour of Port of Spain in Trinidad. I will be leaving the ship at 8:30 and there we will be a three hour tour at the end which I will be dropped off at the airport. Unfortunately I haven’t gotten an answer on my knitting needle question. If I don’t get an answer, I’ll just pack my knitting needles.

Tanya Edwards spoke about Vitamin D and its importance to a lot of health conditions. Buzz Thompson spoke about the great rivers of the world. I had asked about the condition of the Atlantic and had been warned that I might be happier if I took a Dramamine. I took one at 10:00 before we hit the Atlantic and then another after lunch. Later in the day, I had to ask the receptionist for pills as I had run out. I tried to eat lunch, but when I realized that it was not going down well, I asked one of the waiters to bring me a slice of bread. The Maitre’D had already brought me some ginger, which I ate with the bread. After lunch, I returned to my cabin and lay down for a while. I’m not as sick as I was those two days going from Brazil to Suriname, but I’m not a happy camper. Food does stay down as long as I’m careful.

I made it to the lounge for Hugo’s talk about growing up on the Amazon River. The slide show was shown as a recap and I will be given a CD with the slide show and other information about the trip on it. I returned to my cabin to change and then went to the captain’s cocktail party. Dinner followed and then off to load up my pictures and go to bed.