Day 1 at sea

Sunday 4.30pm. We are imagining that the sun is already getting warmer, even though we are probably only 300 miles south of Tenerife. Despite the calm seas the Africa Mercy is rolling a lot. Yesterday, we saw whales within 3 hours of departing from Santa Cruz, and a school of dolphins within 5 hours (can you believe that, Jodie?). Today we saw a massive school of dolphins from our new cabin's windows, some of which swam very close to the ship. Libby is continually saying "I can see humpback whales"...I don't even know if there are any in these waters. For me, it's been a long day as we've all been trying to keep busy after the fun of Tenerife. Tomorrow its back to work and back to school. Olly

A dolphin keeping pace with the Africa Mercy's bow. Photo by Michel Pelzer.