Back to Australia October 2014 | First night at sea

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Our glass bottom boat which also serves as a tender to get us back and forth off Lizard Island.

It’s our first night at sea and my first night on a cruise boat. The ship, The Coral Princess, is not luxurious but it is very nice. Of course, I don’t know what to expect. We boarded at 5 pm, mustered at 6 pm, dinner at 7pm. Change of plans: we are missing Cooktown because the tides are too low to allow them to dock, and heading to Lizard Island over night where we will have two different ports of call. The divers are happy: it’s one more day in the water. I’m good with it too. I wasn’t excited about the land tour. Now I’m sitting in my room trying to decide if I am seasick. Already. Or is that good? Get it over with. I’ve never been sea sick before; didn’t even think to bring Gravol or something similar. After giving a full history and signing away any liability I’m staring at a little white pill. To take or not to take, that is the question. She said it would make me drowsy which in my case means I’ll sleep for two days. I’ve already met  Mariela and Peter (who are Dutch but live in the Canary Islands), Wolfgang and Ulrika (from Germany), Sandra and Hans (from Germany and Spain but most recently Australia by way of Phuket) and Jan and Jane (but not their husbands, from the US). Wolfgang and Ulrika will be fun I think. Wolfgang is insisting that I dive tomorrow so that by Thursday I am experienced and comfortable. Ulrika is a rural house doctor in Germany (family doc I guess) which is interesting. That’s two I’ve met since I got here.

To sleep I hope without the help of the little white pill, I hope. Tomorrow is a full day.