Two glorious days of doing nothing

Two days at sea as we head South about 60 miles off the coast of Peru on our way to Callao (Lima). We’re 10 degrees South of the equator, the temperature is 25 degrees, the sea state is small waves with whitecaps and the sun is shining. Yesterday I was at the peak of my head cold and slept most of the morning before having lunch then spending enough time laying in the sun to get sunburned. Fortunately I wasn’t sufficiently incapacitated to prevent me from my afternoon visit to the casino. We consider we’re doing well as we’re both ahead of the game, yesterday we both played blackjack and had good wins, how long will it last?. We’ve been shadowed by the Saga Rose since we passed through canal and I can see her now off the port side, I guess she’s heading to Callao too. Still in the same time zone as home, we aren’t scheduled to change the clocks ‘til February 4th at Easter Island.
This morning my cold was quite a bit better and I read my book while lazing in the sun while Izzy did her mile walk around the upper deck, maybe tomorrow I’ll join her. Later we took part in the trivia competition at 11.30am, missed the big prize (a luggage tag) by one point. After lunch I went to a very interesting lecture by John Maxtone-Graham on the history of the big Atlantic liners, then entered the blackjack tournament but didn’t qualify for the final.
We’re in cabin 4008, which is on deck 4 toward the front of the ship. We were pleasantly surprised that the cabin was fairly spacious though it lacks drawer and closet space for a 3½ month trip though as time progresses it’s working out quite well as we learn to put things back in their place. We have a nice big window, a kingsize bed, 2 side tables, an easy chair and coffee table, desk and stool, fridge, tv, closets and bathroom (no bath, just a shower). Under the bed is packed with all our empty cases and the window well doubles as a storage shelf, but there’s plenty of free space for moving around.
Tomorrow we have a morning tour in Lima.

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