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At sea again [PhotoTravel]

Well, yesterday was an exhausting day in Jamaica. I spent the morning risking life & limb taking a rubber tube down the Great River on Jamaica, through the jungle floating on my back and occasionally paddling madly to get off the rocks. The tour operators were great fun, very tolerant of their (large) guest contingent and encouraging people to play. At one point there was a wide and deep swimming hole and several of us went for a swim (some even trying the rope swing jump into the river). One the way back in the Land Rover, there was free-flowing Red Strip (lager) and rum punch ("you drink the rum and it punches you") and fresh oranges off the trees by the side of the trail. Plenty of fun, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

In the evening the Geek Cruisers had a cheese and wine evening, which was supposed to also include photographs but too many people were no-shows to make it worthwhile. Overall a casual day where I was finally able to catch up on sleep missed at the weekend, and get my presentation for lunch today ready for airing.

Today we are at sea, somewhere mid-way between Jamaica and Cozumel in Mexico. Sitting here beside the window the sea has a reasonable swell and is very blue - no sign of whales or dolphins so far. At-sea days are class days so the Geek Cruisers are deeply into .NET classes. I had the rare privilege of speaking about "Java and Web Services" at lunch time to the assembled throng; surprisingly no-one threw anything! Maybe the Guru Panel this evening will prove more controversial...

posted at 7:26 PM (UK) | |