Saturday, January 14, 2012

Sea day crossing the equator

King Neptune (cruise director Ray Solaire)


We are at sea today and arrive in Manta, Ecuador in the morning.  We leave the ship for a day and travel via chartered plane to Quito, Ecuador's capitol.  We overnight there and fly to Guayaquil the next day and rejoin the ship.  It was somewhat rainy today but the "crossing the equator ceremony" presided over by King Neptune went on as scheduled.  Those members of the crew and passengers who had never crossed before are supposed to kiss a fish and jump into the pool.  More passengers than we have ever seen before participated.  A great day to be at sea as we learned of the Italian ship that ran aground.

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