We spent all of yesterday slowly drifting past Singapore as we
refueled. It was crazy to see so many ships and planes. We had to be
escorted by armed navy ships because there was a terrorist threat.
Apparently pirates are or have been trying to seize oil tankers in the
Straight of Malacca, which is right off of Singapore. We've been
traveling through the Straight since yesterday morning and we're
nearly out of it now. The high alert finally ended at 3am. The alert
didn't affect the students in any way, but I'm sure the crew had to go
through the hassle of extra work on top of their already busy
schedules. The pirates wouldn't have come on our ships because there
are too many of us to control and they're looking for oil tankers
(which were all over the place) but it was still exciting, especially
since we didn't end up seeing any pirates...

Sea Olympics Tomorrow!!!

Love,

Molly