Sunset at sea. Photo by Beth Hanggeli. |
Taking a photo of Beth during Chris's Community College. Photo by Beth Hanggeli. |
The Equator - officially crossed into the southern hemisphere at 16:30 on 9/10/05 at Longitude 043 degrees - 07 minutes West. Bet you didn't know that you could actually see the equator. |
Jason keeping me warm out on the back deck. Photo by Chris Bolin. |
The crew going through the halls waking everyone up for Neptune day. |
One of the most complete rainbows I've ever seen. |
Dean John coming up to initiate we pollywogs. |
The veteran shellbacks announcing the post-equator-crossing initiation ritual of transition from "pollywog" to "shellback". |
Yas, Rico, Karen, Briana, me, and Jason after we've had the nasty oatmeal, rotten milk, rotten ice cream, etc. sludge poured over our heads, jumped into the pool, kissed a fish on the lips, and kissed King Neptune's ring to officially become shellbacks. We were all smart enought to get at the front of the line while the pool was still relatively clean. |
Beth getting sludged. Next stop a dip in the not so clean swimming pool. Photo by Chris Bolin. |
Dean John shaving Megan's head, Woody shaving Gladdys, and Jason looking on. |
I tried to do the mohawk thing on Jason, but shaving heads is harder than I expected. |
Rico and Jason with freshly shaven heads. |
Tanaya and her elmer glue mohawk. |
Hair floating across the deck in an inch of water. It's pretty nasty with the ship's rocking. |
We had awesome food at the Tutu reception. Jason and his dessert swan. |
Jason giving Archbishop Desmond Tutu a high 5. Jason really wanted a picture of this since the archbishop frequently high-5's people. |
Chris telling the archbishop that he needs to pose for one more photo. |
Leah and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. |
Chris and Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah at the reception for Staffulty and adult passengers. |
Beth and Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah at the reception for Staffulty and adult passengers. Photo by Chris Bolin. |
With Chris at the Desmond Tutu reception. |
After taking pictures of everyone else, I almost missed my chance to get my photo with Desmond Tutu, but Chris the photographer who never misses an opportunity caught him on his way out the door. Photo by Chris Bolin. |
Amy & Beth |
My "husband" David. Don't worry we just share a family together on the ship. We have 9 kids in our family. |
Jill, Amy, and Beth at the Desmond Tutu reception. |
Desmond Tutu kissing Krista after the choir sang a South African song and the national anthem for him. Photo by Chris Bolin. |
My face is hidden, but I promise that this is proof that the Archbishop kissed me too! Photo by Chris Bolin. |
Archbishop and Mrs. Tutu. |
The Archbishop doing his cute little excited dance. |