Day 4 - 157 -- Water Tours

 Seafaring, I am not. I have been on many ferries from the tiny ones at Englishtown, to the bobbing little boat to Coupville from Bremerton, to larger ferries for car passage from Nova Scotia to PEI or the large passenger ferries across Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Touring travels have gone around Hong Kong Island and to the outer islands, a high speed ferry to Macau, small boats through the bayou of Lourisianna, paddlewheeler down the Mississippi, a speed boat down the Chao Phrya in Bangkok, and to see bird sanctuaries in Newfoundland. Only a few of these created the dreaded motion sickness that I've lived with since forever. It is interesting that so many travels have involved water craft of one sort or another. Knowing my tendency to nausea or dizziness, I'm surprised how willing I seem to be to give it a try.

Anti-nausea meds work for me, though it can take a while for the feeling of being in motion actually leaves the brain. Vestibular difficulties along with visual inputs can be the source of this frustrating sensation that the world about you is moving and you are not. There can be moments when I try to will a transporter machine to pick me off the ship and plant me onto the ground. Fighting the sensations leaves one exhausted and wishing it would all just stop. Much of the scenery outweighs the risk of feeling yucky <smile>.

A song by a Newfoundland band tells about a water journey. Some of the lines make me laugh as I've felt like shouting the same words a few times in my life. Enjoy!

Excursion Around the Bay -- Great Big Sea