After dinner last evening, we joined several couples on the top deck by the aft pool for conversation & drinks prior to our 11pm departure. The tables were being cleaned from the air pollution (soot from nearby ships unloading coal) so we didn’t stay long – the air was difficult to breath as well. The crew completed installing razor wire around the ship a few hours ago. A total of 1,769 feet was installed for the trip across the Arabian Sea. For those interested & as published by the Navigator, the ships daily publication…” the Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan & Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south by a line between Cape Guardafui, the northeast point of Somalia, Socotra, Cape Comorin in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka. The sea surface is 1,491,130 square miles, maximum depth is 15,262 feet”.
These updates from the Navigator are much appreciated & very educational. We were back in our cabin by 10:30pm and watched from the bedroom as the lights of Bombay faded away. Bright sunny morning today & the stagnant, polluted air we’ve been cloaked in for several days is barely visible behind the ship!
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