Logically, the clocks should have been changing, going back at least two hours by now as we head southwest towards Easter Island. However, Easter Island belongs to Chile, and the government has chosen to keep the island on Santiago time, or Eastern Standard Time. It makes things easier for their banking and government operations. The odd thing for us is that the sun is not setting until well after 8:30pm. After we leave Easter Island on Tuesday, the clocks will roll back one hour for five days in a row. That should be a trip.
The On Location Tahitian team that boarded in Callao have been busy teaching crafts, such as weaving kukui nut headbands in the Lido Pool area. Later at 2pm, they were giving instructions on how to play the ukelele and blow into a conch shell.
Guest speaker, David Smith has continued giving camera hints. We find his talks to be quite informative and usually look for them on TV later in the day. Michael Bikerman also spoke about volcanoes and the ones that are still active in the South Pacific.
After spending some time at the aft pool, we headed back to our room to watch the first game of the football playoffs. It had been advertised that the games would be broadcasted in the Wajang Theater as well as the Sports Bar. The plus side to going to those venues, was that they were serving treats of sliders and mini hotdogs. Wondering if they would include our room TV's with the programs, we stopped by Henk Mensink's office to ask him. With one phone call, he verified that we would get the signal in our rooms too. Great.
The first game began at 3pm, with Denver winning over the New England Patriots. At 6:30pm, the 49ers took on the Seattle Seahawks. Since that game was more exciting, and we ended up staying in our room during our dinnertime. Our hopes were high for a surprising win, but it would not end that way. We did enjoy room service salads and burgers for a change. Superbowl Sunday should be broadcasted for us on February 3rd, since by then, we will have crossed the International Dateline, and will be a day ahead of USA time.
Rick Starr, a comedian, was on stage tonight at the new 7:30pm slot. A new group has joined us, or should we say, the old familiar group, The Unexpected Boys. They have performed on every world cruise and also shorter HAL cruises we have done recently. They do a routine including Frankie Valli and Four Season's songs and seem to be pretty popular with the passengers.
One more full sea day, and we hopefully, will arrive to Easter Island.
