This guy played the trumpet as we left the port!
Rainbow - The day before we left Tenerife
The harbour we left behind...
So we reached the midpoint of our sail today, and the air is noticeably more humid! The air conditioning is also on and the ship is pretty cold inside...but we’ve been able to have more time this week to sunbathe as there has not been too much work to do... we spend a lot of time baking at the mo...I’ve never made so many cakes in my life! Once we get to Benin we will be having a lot of formal functions, the President of Benin is coming on board for one of them as well a some other dignitaries I think, which is why we are baking so much!
We’re spending each morning this week having briefings about Benin and what type of things will be going on when we get there...as well as learning about other cultures and living in the community without going insane!
We’ve been seeing pictures of the city and country; there is currently a team of people from Mercy Ships who has been there already for about 10 weeks getting everything ready. The screenings for the patients take place pretty soon after we arrive which should be exciting but there is a lot to get ready for, as well as the hospital on the ship they’re using a massive warehouse to see all the eye patients and do all the physical therapy.
I can’t wait to get there, I’m a little apprehensive but more excited! Because Benin is not a very wide country there may be opportunities to go to neighbouring Nigera and Togo and possibly Ghana as well which would be sweet!
Not too much to report really...however I have seen some of the most amazing sun rises, sun sets and stars on the sail, which were pretty inspiring! We have also seen loads of Dolphins around the ship which was pretty cool!
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