After coming back from our first ever Pub Night, we began to explore the secrets of our room. Like the graffiti of names and “whose been here” signatures in cabins at camp, SASers have another, less visible way of sharing their experience. Each cabin comes with a framed picture mounted to one of the walls. When one dismounts the framed picture, hidden messages and notes from years of SASers are revealed on the back of the painting. The plethora of information and tips revealed was eye-opening and I have decided to share the most noteworthy on this blog. Enjoy.
It’s true what they say. This trip (voyage) will change your life. I have met the most incredible people in the last three and a half months aboard the MV Explorer. Tonight is our last night before arriving back in the USA and I find myself over-whelmed with so many feelings. You MUST read these comments in the beginning and then once again at the end. It will all make sense then. Here are some tips for the future inhabitants that we have gathered along the way of our Spring 2007 Voyage:
- 1. Don’t get blacked out and go work out on the treadmills- the waves and alcohol don’t mix
- 2. Do anything in your power to sit at the captain’s table for the ambassador’s ball (endless alcohol)
- 3. Become friends with your Steward. Tip him well as the voyage goes on, he’ll keep his mouth shut about everything
- 4. Ask for 2 pillows
- 5. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You can’t get these days back.
- 6. Remember when you are in port don’t waste any days hung over or too drunk
- 7. Sneak alc on/in your bra or clothes in little shooter bottles
- 8. They drug test like three people during the whole voyage so… have fun
- 9. Love your roommate and take care of each other
- 10. If your voyage has Mexican kids on it be friends with them, it benefits (I guess I somewhat count)
- 11. In the end you’ll remember the times when you seize the opportunities
1. Words of wisdom? Not so sure, but sounds like a time well spent.
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