Day 12:  Land!  Sort of.

27.01 degrees north, 142.09 degrees east.  Today we are going to be
docked in a bay off of Chi Chi island (chi chi in Japanese means
"Father").  It is quite lovely seeing the rocky desolation within the
vast ocean.  This will not, however, affect our arrival day in Fukuoka.

Sean: 

Hello everyone.  Today is Halloween aboard the ship and I am a
little excited because Leo is planning to give out goodie bags to
everyone.  Yesterday I had watch from 4-8am and 4-8pm.  That was very
tiring but enjoyable because there are many more things to see as we
approach Japan.  Today we are making a stop at an island.  It is nice to
see land even though we can not get off the ship.

Leo: 

I woke up this morning to find out that we were anchored quite
close to Chi Chi Island.  One of the students has been a little sick and
they are going to have him looked at by the island doctor.  Today I get
to pass out Halloween candy.