I spent about an hour this morning writing a long seamail...while trying to copy and paste it here I lost the whole thing! I'll try to recreate it later, right now too disheartened to do it all over again.

We are on our way to Christmas Island - crossing the equator this evening or early tomorrow morning. It's hard to get computer time and there are lots of problems with the system - some machines work better than others. I now know which one NOT to use!!!

Otherwise, things are great - today they are having the country fair on the pool deck. The captain is in a small pool float and passengers are throwing an even smaller lifering to try and "rescue" him. Many laughts.