Land Ho!

After breakfast I walked outside and the heat has really arrived or should I say we have arrived in the heat and humidity. Our latitude is 1 degree north. in the morning. After the one class we wanted to attend on languages we went outside on the deck but in the shade. We are told to expect temperatures in the 90’s while we are on the river. Suits me!

Around lunchtime we started to notice the “muddy” ocean, the closer we come to the river the muddier it has become.

This afternoon, on Christmas Eve, we finally came to the coast of Brazil. The photos are of the mouth of the Amazon. http://community.webshots.com/user/pins4 The first is the north shore and t.he one far off is the south shore. It is truly a wide channel into the river. As I took the photos the water looked like milky hot chocolate. It is almost unbelievable the amount of sediment this Amazon puts out to discolor the ocean in this way.

The ship has slowed down to 14 knots from an average of 25 knots so all the passengers are happier.

Merry Christmas friends. The ship is quite festive and Santa is coming tomorrow afternoon after he has delivered presents to all the world. Aren’t we lucky?

We are sitting on the Equator as I write this