Geo: -23.8858, -129.023The passengers on the Queen Mary 2 are mostly Australians with around 200 Americans, lots of Brits, a few New Zealanders, and a few other nationalities. The announcements, including the daily noon navigational report, are given first in English by the captain or the officer on duty, then translated into German, French, Spanish, and Japanese. There are very few children on the trip and not too many adults who look to be younger than 50. As we cruise westward on the Pacific, we have a lot of time zones to go through. During the first eight days at sea, we had seven time changes. There will be a few more to come having a total of ten by the end of the cruise. Twenty-five hour days, one after the other, have made for a
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