on my way to the unknown

Only one more day until we reach Mauritius. I have never been so excited to see land before. The Up until we left Cape Town the ship had only experience slight rocking. Now we are definitely experiencing rocking and rolling. Now I still haven’t gotten sea sick, but its getting to be really annoying sitting in the Union for Global Studies in the morning and feel the ship shake. When that occurs, you can hear everyone whisper “we’ve hit another whale”. I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster that just won’t stop. Now, don’t get me wrong here, I love roller coasters, but occasionally, I just need a break from that motion.

I think Sunday was the only day that wasn’t so bad and I think this is because how close we were to land. The day before, rumor has it, that we couldn’t be close to land because that area had Piracy problems, but then on Sunday it was okay to move closer. It was so strange to have cell phone service while the ship was moving. I obviously took advantage of this, but by only sending my sister random messages and an occasional one to my mom.

Today we passed Madagascar, but we never came close enough to see it. It was just on the other side of the horizon, or at least I would like to think that. This trip still seems very unreal to me. I still can’t imagine that I’m actually sailing around the world. Here I am in the Indian Ocean, almost half way around the world but it just doesn’t feel like it. Maybe, hopefully, it all seem more real when we reach India. I haven’t really experienced any type of culture shock yet. South Africa was very westernized, and Boipeba Island in Brazil gave me the feeling that I was just on vacation ~ being at the beach and having gourmet meals served to me for every meal just doesn’t let me feel like I’m in a third world country.