Santos, Brazil March 1

Still in Santos, our third day on our floating hotel tied to the dock.  We were told that they located a generator in Rio and is being sent to us by truck and will take about 8 to 10 hours to install.

The generator arrived about 1 pm. The crane to lift it arrived shortly there after and a lot of the passengers gathered on deck twelve to watch them unload the generator from the truck.  The generator is obviously not new, so we all have our fingers crossed that it works. No much happened for quite a while, mostly a bunch of workers standing around and a few officials coming and going.

Arrival of the generator provided a bit of excitement for everyone. 

The crane arrived shortly after the generator













After they set the generator on the dock nothing happened for a long time.  We even noticed that the crane operator was asleep in the cab.  By 5 pm no one was out on the dock, not sure where they all went , perhaps dinner?  Then about 6:15 they were all back and started the hoist to the deck. It did not take very long.

Halfway up to the deck 

Crew ready to guide it into position

We were surprised to see that they only had one guide rope attached 

Almost in position















There was a special dinner for the "Grand Voyage" passengers (anyone doing two or more segments).  They decorated one side of La Veranda Restaurant with a Brazilian theme and served a meal typical of the ones in Brazilian steak houses.  It was a very nice dinner and the captain did come around and visit all the tables and spent quite a bit of time talking and posing for pictures with the guests.  It does look like we will be in Santos for at least one more day and then we will sail directly for Rio in order to get back on schedule.

The wait staff dressed as gauchos 

Hard working restaurant staff

Tables were nicely decorated