Yesterday I got to go on an engine room tour here on the Africa Mercy. Before it was the Africa Mercy it was a Danish train ferry. Awesome. I've wanted to go through the engine room since I got here but they only take six people once a week and it's always been full, I actually signed up two weeks ago for this trip and got the last spot!
Anyway, it was cool... and while watching a surgery in the OR made me question whether to consider becoming a doctor or a nurse, my engine room tour just confirmed I will NEVER be an engineer nor do I have ANY desire to ever go back down there again! It was HOT and LOUD! I admire our engineers SO much for everything they do to keep us up and running, the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world and the best hospital in West Africa, by far!
Okay, without further ado, Photos!!! I can't seem to get blogger to upload photos in the order I want them to be posted... any other bloggers out there know how to do this? Sorry they're not in order!
This is where we ended, there is a stairway that goes nearly directly up from deck 1 to the top of the tower on deck 8, where we came out.
Reminds me of Finding Nemo - This says "Escape" (Prounounced Es-ca-pay) which is spelled the same way as escape! Wow I can read!
The stairway straight up from deck 1 to the tower.
The only time I will ever get to see deck 1. The only time I ever WANT to see deck 1. Thank you Engineers! Deck 1 sits about three feet under water. I live on deck 4 and the Dining room is on deck 5.
The incinerator,where we burn medical waste. Really hot.
One of the generators.
One of the engines. There are four, and they keep them hot all the time so that if we need to get out fast, we can.
Pistons.
Contrl room and our tour guide, Russell, who is the third engineer on board, and has a lovely Australian accent. :) Thanks, Russell! Krissy
Anyway, it was cool... and while watching a surgery in the OR made me question whether to consider becoming a doctor or a nurse, my engine room tour just confirmed I will NEVER be an engineer nor do I have ANY desire to ever go back down there again! It was HOT and LOUD! I admire our engineers SO much for everything they do to keep us up and running, the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world and the best hospital in West Africa, by far!
Okay, without further ado, Photos!!! I can't seem to get blogger to upload photos in the order I want them to be posted... any other bloggers out there know how to do this? Sorry they're not in order!
This is where we ended, there is a stairway that goes nearly directly up from deck 1 to the top of the tower on deck 8, where we came out.
Reminds me of Finding Nemo - This says "Escape" (Prounounced Es-ca-pay) which is spelled the same way as escape! Wow I can read!
The stairway straight up from deck 1 to the tower.
The only time I will ever get to see deck 1. The only time I ever WANT to see deck 1. Thank you Engineers! Deck 1 sits about three feet under water. I live on deck 4 and the Dining room is on deck 5.
The incinerator,where we burn medical waste. Really hot.
One of the generators.
One of the engines. There are four, and they keep them hot all the time so that if we need to get out fast, we can.
Pistons.
Contrl room and our tour guide, Russell, who is the third engineer on board, and has a lovely Australian accent. :) Thanks, Russell! Krissy
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