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Published: February 27th 2007
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Days 35-43, February 21-28, 2007, At Sea on the QM2 Enroute to Hong Kong
Well, we are settling into life on the largest ocean liner afloat nicely! I am writing this the day before we arrive in Hong Kong and have yet to see about half of the ship. I have only seen two of her five swimming pools, and haven’t yet seen several of her decks. We have been very busy since joining the QM2, not only with school, but with the wonderful lectures, the planetarium, and shows that are offered. More to come on the QM2!
Everyone needs to get their maps out now! You have to see the distances we have covered! We will travel over 4,500 nautical miles before we reach Hong Kong tomorrow! This ship can really move! During these last 40+ days we have really seen just how big this world is in water and land, but really how small it is in terms of people—we are all really very much alike!
Day 35, February 20, 2007
Depart Sydney, Australia
Board the Queen Mary 2 - Largest Ocean Liner Afloat
Day 36, February 21, 2007
(Traveling to the East of the
Great Barrier Reef)
Latitude: 28 degrees 25.25 minutes S
Longitude: 153 degrees 49.84 minutes E
Speed: 27.9 knots
Day 37, February 22, 2007
Latitude: 19 degrees 54.92 minutes S
Longitude: 153 degrees 42.41 minutes E
Speed: 24.8 knots
Day 38, February 23, 2007
Latitude: 8 degrees 44.41 minutes S
Longitude: 151degrees 17.55 minutes E
Speed: 25.9 knots
Day 39, February 24, 2007
Latitude: 04 degrees 01.02 minutes S
Longitude: 145 degrees 09.18 minutes E
Speed: 25.6 knots
We crossed the equator through the night going North!
Day 40, February 25, 2007
Latitude: 05 degrees 11.82 minutes N
Longitude: 135 degrees 31.72 minutes E
Speed: 23.6 knots
Day 41, February 26, 2007
Latitude: 09 degrees 56.40 minutes N
Longitude: 129 degrees 16.34 minutes E
Speed: 24.8 knots
Day 42, February 27, 2007
Latitude: 17 degrees 59.69 minutes N
Longitude: 122 degrees 51.52 minutes E
Speed: 23.8 knots
Day 43, February 28, 2007
Arrive HONG KONG, CHINA
Aboard the QM2 this week:
I wish you could hear some of the amazing lectures that are being presented on the ship. The doctor who was at the South Pole and developed breast cancer in 1999
(Dr. Jerri Neilson) has given two lectures describing what life was like there, and the heroic efforts of her teammates to help save her and get her off of the South Pole. She signed her book for us and the boys have had their picture taken with her. She also was kind enough to make a CD for us of her pictures from the Antarctic. The boys are really looking forward to sharing those pictures when they return to school. Captain Robert (Hoot) Gibson, a former Navy fighter pilot and Space Shuttle Mission Commander, gave a presentation this week on “Adventures in Aerospace.” It was a great talk about his career and adventures complete with fantastic pictures which he also was kind enough to share with us on CD! We’ve had several other impressive things happen this week at sea. We passed by an active volcano with smoke billowing near the North Coast of New Guinea, we crossed the equator for the second time, but this time going North, we have watched some amazing sunsets from our balcony, seen a man ride a 12’ high unicycle on a theatre stage with the ship going 25 knots (something for everyone!), seen the Oscars "live" at 10:00 in the morning, gone to one of the QM2’s planetarium shows, and toured the QM2’s bridge through their magic viewing window! What an amazing week also filled with calm seas and fair weather. How could life be much better?
The arrival of the QM2 in HKG should be an exciting one as this is a Maiden Port of Call for the Queen Mary 2! We have been told that Hong Kong, just like Sydney, is one of the most beautiful ports to sail into. So, we will be up very early for our arrival into the city. We are deviating from the ship’s itinerary when we reach Hong Kong and will be doing our own overland trip for three days. The ship will depart at the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday), enroute to Singapore, without us. We will be staying in Hong Kong for two nights and then we will fly to Singapore, spend the night, and meet the ship there. We are so very excited to be able to stay in Hong Kong for more than one day! Thanks to Matt’s Spanish teacher, Mrs. Roche, who lived in Hong Kong for several years and shared her experiences, we have a fabulous itinerary planned. Now, we just have to implement and find more than 24 hours in a day! Once we reboard the ship in Singapore, the very next day we will visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the day. Then we will have two sea days until we reach Cochin, India where we will spend two days. We are getting into the very busy part of our journey so please be patient with me and this blog!
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