After our final landings we were all on a bit of a high, although everyone was dreading the recrossing of the infamous Drake.
We, (the group of rebel rousers Dave and I had found to party with - Nanja, Sam, Steve, Troy, Dennis and Philana) were invited to a secret staff party to be held after dinner in the out-of-bounds area below decks. We grabbed a couple of bottles of wine and went in search of music. Nanja and I were in stitches as we crept below decks listening at every door. In the end we had to give up for fear of getting either lost or found to be in areas we didn't belong. Thankfully our hosts (the zodiac drivers) came and found us and lead the way to what was to be quite some night.
The venue was the staff rec room - the size of an average 1 car garage, no windows, hot as hades, dim lights, loud music, lots of swaying bodies and looking like heaps of fun. And boy oh boy - was it fun!!!
We had just entered the Drake and the waves were significantly bigger on the return than they had been outbound and between the lurching seas and the red wine keeping upright was a bigger challenge than normal. Team this with a group of lovely South American lads inviting us to salsa and it was a scene of laughs aplenty. Our boys certainly sat on the sidelines watching and laughing.
They said that all you could see was a seething mass of paired bodies surging from one side of the room to the other in time to the lurch of the ship. As a participant it was a credit to the skill of my partners that I never once fell, slid or even faltered. That's definitely one advantage to salsa - the tight grip of my partner kept my feet from slipping too far from centre.
The night became more and more raucous as the sea became rougher. Thankfully the roof was low enough that if all else failed we could brace ourselves by throwing an arm over our heads to stabilise our downhill-slide.
I can honestly say I have not laughed so hard in years. The whole scene bordered on the ridiculous except that it was just so much fun.
Definitely the only way to traverse a rough Drake!!!
I would love to have included photos of the night itself but I didn't have my camera with me - too busy dancing. The photos that are included are of Me, Sam, Philana, Nanja and Dennis and of the zodiac boys on the boats. The best I could come up with for this story.
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