Now, someone looking from the outside might say: “Wow, life on a ship, a world tour, the sea, a new sweetheart at every port (I’ll tell that story in another post :D).” Heh, sure… :D But let me tell you, using the internet on a ship is nothing like what you’re used to. Here, the internet isn’t a luxury—it’s practically a miracle. Sometimes it gets so bad that sending a WhatsApp message feels as tough as launching a rocket to Mars. One day, I texted my girlfriend, “I miss you.” The message took a full three days to go through. She replied: — “Did the ship sink, or did you dump me?” I said: “Sweetheart, it wasn’t me… the internet died!” :)
For example, YouTube and Instagram are like mythology to us. You open a video or reel, it’s loading, loading, loading… and then you look up, five minutes have passed, and the intro still hasn’t started. Sometimes you just get the sound, while the video seems to be living a separate life. :D Once, a friend was watching a match. Galatasaray scored a goal. Since our internet is delayed, we only found out 10 minutes later. You’d hear shouts from the cabin: — “GOOOOAL!!!” I’d run over to see what happened, and our screen still showed the ball in the midfield. :D
But the funniest part is this: with limited internet on the ship, everyone turns into a hacker. “Bro, if we set up a VPN, will the speed increase?” “What if we reset the satellite, will the net come back?” “If we plug the network cable into the socket, will it get faster?” :D So, internet on a ship is all about patience, prayer, and a bit of miracle work. :D The most shared thing here isn’t the Wi-Fi password—it’s the question, “Bro, did your message go through?” Still, there’s a sweet side to it: when we’re offline, we chat, joke around, play backgammon, and the conversation flows. Maybe that’s why we have so much fun. Because if there was Wi-Fi, everyone would definitely get lost in TikTok! :D