March 4
It looks like the most significant casualty of the very rocky seas that we continue to encounter will be our day in Mauritius. News came yesterday that at this point, we are so far behind schedule now--we've been going more slowly than planned, and the captain has also diverted us off course to avoid a tropical storm--that we are not going to have time there to disembark. We'll refuel, then leave immediately so as not to be late on arrival in Kochi, India, our next stop.
Which is too bad, and apparently there has been some grumbling among the students. Mauritius was a short stop--a single day--but it has lovely beaches, apparently. And everyone is eager already for a day off the ship. But this really does fit into the category of things beyond our control; there's a cyclone to the west and the tropical storm to the east kicking up the waters, and we're threading a needle between them. Last year, the spring voyage had a much larger diversion when they had to scratch Japan off the itinerary due to the earthquake there (they went to Taiwan). Given that history, our slight diversion seems pretty minor.
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