Day 95 Nagoya, Japan

Sunday, overcast with rain starting at noon. Yesterday and last night: The unloading of the adjacent ship was completed after dark. The ship's crane unloaded 16 pallets at a time. A choreography of 8 forklift drivers moved a pallet at a time onto waiting semi truck-trailers, without getting in each other's way. Large I-beams were washed before being loaded into the deep holds of this ship. Today, loading of the I-beams and other cargo continues, even after the rain starts. There is a barge along side the ship with more cargo. Dock workers wear color coded helmets and shoulder straps. Sometimes they use whistle signals to coordinate activities. I have not seen cargo operations go this smoothly at any of the other ports.

I will be off the air again until 1/22/09. In the morning, we are going to bust out of this place and escape on the bullet train to Nagasaki. Hopefully, we will rejoin the ship there, and I will retroactively post the missing days.