On ze freighter

I am currently in my cabin aboard the MOL Wish docked at Rio De Janeiro. We are waiting for the cargo loading to finish and then we will be leaving around 7pm. Finding the ship was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be, I met the shipping agent at his office and he had a taxi drive me down to the docks and all the way to the ship. Once on the ship I met the second officer who took me to my cabin, which is spectacularly nice and even has a tv! I arrived in time for lunch in the officers mess and there I met the captain, an amusing thickly accented German. He told me that he had heard that I am Irish and he apologized to me that there wasn't a pub on board. He did however offer me some baileys to make up for it.

The ship is a hive of activity as they are loading and unloading cargo to try and meet the deadline to leave at 7pm. I can explore the ship as much as I want, only the cargo area and engine room are off limits for the moment. I was up on the bridge earlier and it is spectacularly high tech, it looks more like a space shuttle control room than the deck of a freighter. I talked to the second mate and he says that the weather along the way should be ok, not great, but only 2 to 6m waves. Which sound big to me, but what do I know.

Ok that is it for now. Writing this while I still have some internets on my blackberry.
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Conor