Day 61
OCTOBER 30, 2019
SEA DAY
That was this morning's sea. This afternoon we are still miles offshore and we have entered the Amazon River's effluence as evident by the muddy colour of the water. I have read that the volume of the Amazon River's discharge is so great that it can be detected up to 400 miles into the Atlantic Ocean.
There are public washrooms throughout this ship and they have a feature that I have never seen (er, make that heard) before - there are recordings playing all day of chirping birds, not loud but very pleasant. NIce touch, Viking.
Speaking with senior staff who have worked on other cruise lines, they remark that on Viking ships there is no sense of class distinctions among their guests, in contrast to some more exclusive cruise lines where class status is quite noticeable.
Tomorrow we will spend the day on the River heading towards Manaus where the temperature is expected to be 33C but "feels like" 38C because of the humidity. In fact, the forecast there for every day during the next week is "risk of a thunderstorm". Well, it is a rainforest after all, and we are entering the rainy season.
Warning - sad song ahead. Put on the headphones and listen by yourself in a quiet setting. Murray McLachlan sings Child's Song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAHC8oWJz5Y
SEA DAY
That was this morning's sea. This afternoon we are still miles offshore and we have entered the Amazon River's effluence as evident by the muddy colour of the water. I have read that the volume of the Amazon River's discharge is so great that it can be detected up to 400 miles into the Atlantic Ocean.
There are public washrooms throughout this ship and they have a feature that I have never seen (er, make that heard) before - there are recordings playing all day of chirping birds, not loud but very pleasant. NIce touch, Viking.
Speaking with senior staff who have worked on other cruise lines, they remark that on Viking ships there is no sense of class distinctions among their guests, in contrast to some more exclusive cruise lines where class status is quite noticeable.
Tomorrow we will spend the day on the River heading towards Manaus where the temperature is expected to be 33C but "feels like" 38C because of the humidity. In fact, the forecast there for every day during the next week is "risk of a thunderstorm". Well, it is a rainforest after all, and we are entering the rainy season.
Warning - sad song ahead. Put on the headphones and listen by yourself in a quiet setting. Murray McLachlan sings Child's Song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAHC8oWJz5Y
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