Friday, February 19, 2010

Daves Blog at last? from two days ago

My writing here is evidence I didn’t go shopping today, clearly I’ve been in Hong Kong too long and suffer from complete denial as I never recognized myself as a shopper, but confess I have taken EVERY opportunity to escape to the shops… nothing to do with the aircon…. 

While confessing, I have sort serenity, bought a tent and moved out of the shared room with the crew and cameraman,  I now enjoy the luxury of my own space, two books and a sleepy time tea J Last night, I opened my eyes to see the outline of a rabbit along the edge of my tent, about 6 inches from my nose, remembering the scenes of Art Garfunkle I reflected, then remembered that cute bunnies don’t have long tails.....  Rolland the rat had replaced the crew as my new room companion....

Pete and I spent the day working through our daily work list on Bounty while Don dealt with more managerial matters in the aircon...  he’s very busy...

There is a cultural exchange taking place, Pete is kindly teaching us a new language which seems to be softly sung rather than spoken, while the British contingent is providing a free re-education of his forefathers, yes Pete, The Dogs B.....  is really a part of your heritage too... 

Bounty boat has gone to BME electronics and Mike and his boys are working their magic over the next few days, the solar panels have arrived and the crew will be working around them, no time to rest...

Mike can’t resist breaking records, the latest being over 36 hours for one machine load of laundry, though it is great to see him recovering, finding the seating position at the helm on Bounty brought the best smile since arriving....  the boy is back.....

 

1 comment:

Dan near Toronto said...

...But is Mike going to be happy at the helm without his "Mastervolt" and TWO rudders?
I guess as long as TBB can surf the big ones, Mike will show a huge grin.