Today is not a fun day on SAS. It is currently 0900 and we are moving in the exact opposite direction of Cape Town. I am getting the same feeling I did yesterday and could easily see this turning into a whole day event now. Many people missed flights and trips this morning because we are still not in port 25 hours later. I had an Operation Hunger set up in the townships of Cape Town this morning that has past, and am hoping to be reimbursed for it. The water is sooo much calmer today but we are still unfortunately not able to pull in the port. Yesterday, people made the best of the situation. We hung out all day and played games and talked. Thank the lord for my 300GB of external movies and TV shows because they have become lifesaver. All day yesterday we had about 7 people in our small cabin watching movies and shows. A lot of Modern Family went down (which has become an SAS hit for people who have not seen it). A lot of candy and ice cream also went down throughout the ship yesterday. So much that they ran out of peanut M&M’s, shit. Anyways what I was saying is that we made the best of a real crappy situation yesterday. Today is not the same case. 9 in the morning and you can already sense the aggravation on people who missed trips and are just mad at being stuck on the ship in general. The thing I keep looking at is why we don’t tender students to shore. It is significantly less wavy than yesterday and would be possible I believe. At the same time I have to think that SAS has already looked at every single possibility, because I’m assuming that they would be held responsible for, what I am guessing must be well over $100,000 in canceled trips so far. There were kids leaving today that paid over $2000 for 4 day safaris, and if SAS can’t get those kids out, something must seriously be wrong. I will keep any updates going throughout the day.
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