Answering questions via post

Hi everyone, thanks for the questions. It is fun knowing that people are following this. It is easier to answer questions via a post than to go back to the comments due to the way I can send e-mail through the ship.

Ques. 1: Am I having fun yet? Honestly, no, I was regretting coming yesterday due to the back pain I was experiencing from my mattress and the motion sickness which is easily handled with ginger but still makes you feel a little 'off'. Also do to the extreme motion I have been walking around less since you get tossed quite a bit while walking so end up doing a sailor's walk trying to steady yourself. I walk 5 miles at home so should have the muscle control to handle this but have been very careful of my back. Hence you see alot of posting so far since I'm limited in what I can do. I also, unfortunately, found out that snorkeling/swimming are bothersome to my back. Hence, not so much fun. But I'm on this cruise for the ports and what I get to see going round the world, not so much of the cruise experience itself.

Ques. 2: Do the GPS signals cost anything to send? No, they are completely free. I'm happy to try and send some more. I should be able to get up to the top deck more often now since the weather has gotten very warm and muggy. The first day was overcast and rainy but now it is nice to be outside. Love that folks are following the GPS signals.

Ques. 3: Is there a place to track the ship's progress. I don't think the ship has a place on-line, at least not one that I could find before I left. At the lower right hand of my blog there are links to the ship's bridge cam where you can see what we see. There is also a link to signals I am sending with a new GPS device that sends a message to e-mail addresses with your location and a pre-programmed message. In the msg there is a link to the google map of the area. In the test signals I sent there is some displacement of the signal vs. the actual location. The best place to see this is the signal I sent from my hotel. I placed the unit on the edge of the pool, which you can see in the map. You can see where they Google map shows the signal being sent from and it is a little off.