marinegirl

I made it to 2007 first! (unless you live in Kiribati of course*) I hope you all had fun Christmasses and New Years - thanks to everyone who sent cards and messages, they were much appreciated. It was strange having Christmas away from home for the first time, and in the tropics - no snow, mulled wine, mince pies or mittens. Instead I had prawns and mangos and sunbathing in the garden.I’ve almost emptied the fridge of all the leftover Christmas excesses, and am ready to make lots of resolutions for the new year that probably won’t see February. I shan’t post them here in case someone tries to hold me to them! Highlights of 2006 included: meeting reindeer, graduating from Sheffield, drinking mint tea in the Atlas Mountains, fantastic dive trips (Falmouth, wrecks in the Sound of Mull, the Yonglala and the Outer Reef), and of course, moving to another hemisphere! Hopefully 2007 will be just as eventful!* Prior to 1995, the International Date Line split the country of Kiribati. The result was that the eastern part of Kiribati was a whole day and two hours behind the western part of the country, and government offices on opposite sides of the line could only communicate on the four days of the week when both sides experienced weekdays simultaneously. In 1995 Kiribati decided to move the International Date Line to the east, placing the entire country into the same day.