So after over a month (and almost a half) of living on the Africa Mercy, I've finally decided that it's time to actually take and upload some pictures of the actual ship. I'll start with my cabin.. mainly because that's where I am at the moment and I didn't really want to move all that far. Now I'm typing this up elsewhere on the ship, which basically defeats the purpose of the exercise. But I digress. Pictures, onward!
Like I've mentioned before, I live in the only 8 berth (berth = cabin on a ship) on the ship. If you told me before I came on the ship that I'd be living in a tiny room with 8 other girls, I would've been like.. "Excuse me? Hold the phone." (Not really, 'cause I don't actually talk like that. Well.. sometimes I do). But I have to say, I've really come to love living in the 8 berth. For one, it's convenient: it's the only 8 berth, so I can refer to it as the "8 berth" in conversation and people know which cabin I'm referring to. For another, it's like having seven friends all in one go. (Lonely? Go to your cabin! Do not pass go. Do not collect two hundred dollars). There's also a 10 berth right next to us, which we, naturally, call the "10 berth"-- and we're pretty much one cabin at this point, so it's like having 17 automatic friends. Obviously because no one would want to be friends with me unless they were forced to live with me... right? :P
Proof positive of eight girls. The next photo is our entrance into the cabin: a little kitchenette with a tiny fridge, some shelving, a table... fun stuff, I know.
Hallway to our two bathrooms, and hallway to our bunks.
My bunk-- I'm very lucky to have gotten a lower bunk. I lived with a loft bed for a year in college so I know that it's not pleasant to have to get down from a top bunk in the middle of the night, when you're completely disoriented when you really really have to go pee. In the picture, the top bunk is unoccupied, but since I've been here I've already had two bunkmates-- Jesse and my current bunkmate Aafke, both really really funny, really awesome people. And they put up with me, so a thounsand bonus points for them. The second picture is our little sitting area, which apparently we're lucky to have, because other berths don't have them. But hey, eight girls... do you know how much hair gets on our floors?
Me and some of my lovely cabin mates in the cabin.
Hair affair. Like I said, very lucky to have gotten a bottom bunk, as you can't even sit up properly whilst you're on a top bunk. Yes, I said whilst.
Lounging about in the cabin.
Some of the cabin mates at a goodbye party (from right to left: Cathy, me, Trina, Aimee, Sarah) at the German restaurant. When we decide to... you know, actually leave the cabin.
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