• May. 20, 2009
Doulos
The Doulos is a ship. A missions ship. It is ALSO the oldest ship still sailing, it's even in the Guinness Book of World Records! Cool right? Well, I went on it. For 10 days! It was super, super, super cool!!! It doesn't even look that old! Here's what happened:
Day 1- We went on a high speed train to Gao Xiong, Taiwan. Man, it was cool. Though everyone was super tired from the airplane trip. We met Mr & Mrs. Park, who were from Taiwan. They took us to the Doulos, and we saw the cabin, We slept till the next morning.
Day 2- After breakfast Mr. Park took us on a tour of the Doulos. The Doulos has a clinic, barber shop & CHARLIE! Charlie is a second-hand room. You can just go in and take clothes, hats or something. Of course, within reason. The ship isHUGE!!!! Like mega, super huge! It was super cool.
Day 3- The ship sailed to Hualein. We had a safety training drill, it was so funny to see everyone in their lifejackets! After lunch the sailing got ROUGH! Like, really really really rough. We all had to lie down because it was so rough. At one point I was holding onto the wall because I was on the top bunk and the ship was tossing so badly.
Day 4- We joined the school for the sports day. We ran around, played ball and had lots of fun!!!! Me, Roboboy & Enchel went for art class. I also met Isabella, she's about my age, only 1 month younger. The day was also the official opening of the ship.
Day 5-We went for art class again, and there was open day. There were games, exhibits and super cool stuff. We went to this table and the guy showed us some stuff. The anchor chain, only ONE link is HEAVY. I couldn't even hold it up! The guy lifted it like it was nothing. Afterwards I was like, he is super strong. Turns out he's a deckie, he works with the anchor ands stuff like that all the time. No wonder!
Day 6-We went to a kids club called Salt Co. We played games and man was there screaming, yelling and laughing. LOL!!!!
Day 7- We went to church on the ship. After worship with the adults we went to the childrens service. It was really fun. In the evening we played with Idabella & Monique a card game. Really cool!!!! Totally funny.
Day 8- We went travelling with the Parks. Their 2 children, Ji Yoon & Enchel came too. We went to the Toroko Gorge. It was beautiful! Totally cool! It was "gorgeous" as my dad put it. We took lots of photos. Afterwards we went to Isabella's cabin to watch a movie. Her room was squished with kids. Me & Isabella got stuck in the back of the room cause we were the tallest.
Day 9- We came back to Singapore. Ending the Doulos trip.
That's it in a nutshell..
Singapore Girl
