Current time on the ship is 9:00pm. We are still 6 hours ahead of Central time, 7 hours ahead of Mountain, 8 hours ahead of Pacific.
Latitude: 14 degrees, 0.5 N
Longitude: 17 degrees, 33.09 W
Course: 197 degrees
We have just left Dakar after spending several hours refueling. We were not allowed off the ship, but it was a beautiful sunny day, waters were calm and spirits high. Dakar is on the Cape Verde Peninsula, the westernmost tip of Africa. You can read more about this large city in Senegal at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar.
Also visible was Goree Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor%C3%A9e, which is known for its involvement in the slave trade. It looks like a beautiful place from a distance. There were lots of fishing boats as we approached the port. The boats looked like long bass boats, and each one contained four or five people fishing in a standing position -- it looked terribly unstable to me but they were managing fine in spite of waves and currents.
Sea Olympics will be part of Neptune Day tomorrow, as will head shaving, dousing with fish guts, all sorts of interesting rituals to turn pollywogs (those who have never crossed the equator) into shellbacks (those who have). I'm sure there will be lots of opportunity for stories tomorrow!
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