I'm traveling with my wife and son on a cruise through the southern Caribbean. The ship started out of Colon, Panama. We are on the Grandeur of the Seas. It's about 99% latino. It's interesting to be a minority.
Tomorrow is a sailing day, so the band is still going on the top deck at 12:15 am. Very loud latin rythums pound. Quite a different experience.
Today I participated in a belly flop contest. Fun for the kids to watch, and I have plenty of belly to flop. The host of the event mentioned he wouldn't announce nationality so we'd all get a fair shake. Another member of our group played a team game and won. When the host announced "give a hand for our winner from the US", dead silence. You could argue they wanted to clap for the winner from their country, our at least a complimentary clap, but it's hard to come up with reasons why. Perhaps the US's place in the world isn't quite as appreciated as it once was.
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