Neptune Day - February 7,2012
This morning we were awoken at 7 a.m. by the banging of cymbals, drums and stomping throughout the halls. Liz and I hurried to put on clothes and headed up to the pool deck, along with everyone else, for the beginning of the Neptune day festivities. I had heard many different rumors about what the day would entail, but now it was time to finally find out for myself. The whole day is based on the old seamen’s tradition of crossing the equator, but the SAS version is of course much more comical. We began by getting green goo poured on us (which was substituted for fish guts, thank goodness). After jumping in the pool we had to kiss a dead fish, which I actually had to do twice to get a picture of course haha! After being knighted by the King and Queen Neptune (our dean and his wife) I headed over to watch the students who decided to shave their heads. 8 girls even did it, along with pretty much 60% of the guys. I was definitely not 1 of the 8 girls! It was such a fun morning, but to even make the day better we had taco day for lunch. It was so delicious and made me realize just how appreciative we have all become for the little things, especially good food. It was a great break from pb&j and it is safe to say I ate my weight in tacos, Doritos and chocolate cake. Tonight we are attending a Bob Marley infused jam session in the union with the on-board Ghanaian musician, Mohammad Sheriff. What a great day and only 4 more days until we dock in Tema, Ghana and I depart for my home stay at the Senase village.
As always, email me it is my only free way of communication – kaitlyn.torrence.s12@semesteratsea.org
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