To the Orient and Beyond

April 12th At Sea Yay! The internet is working again today. Although we had the crossing of the line ceremony yesterday, we actually crossed the equator today. Welcome to the southern hemisphere. We went to see Jenny Bond’s talk in the morning –...

April 11th At Sea High Risk Area Security Precautions Day When we left Penang we noticed that the ship’s anti pirate equipment had been installed on deck 3. Today’s Daily Programme advised us that from this evening until after departure from...

April 10th At Sea It was a bright and sunny day, but we had other things on our mind. Having rashly had the bright idea to give the Cruise Critic crowd a talk on safaris, we now had to work on it. But first Brian went to the talk on an...

April 8th At Sea A day Full of Thunderstorms. We were confused about what the time was when we woke up as our phones had adjusted to the new time zone, but out watches haven’t. Even though I have Bluetooth and an app on my phone to keep my watch...

April 7th At Sea The Continued No Internet Day We may have gained an hour, but try telling that to my FitBit. Despite the fact that my cell phone, to which it is linked, has been able to get the time right, my FitBit is still an hour out of...

April 3rd At Sea This morning’s talk was on “Penang at War” in preparation for our visit to Penang later this week. Although not all of the anecdotes he discussed were actually related to Penang itself, it was still a very interesting talk, and...

April 2nd At Sea Lieutenant Colonel Graham Jones gave a lecture about “The World of State Ceremonial Music” this morning. I missed it due to wanting to finish my craft project (did I say I have a new addiction?), but Brian went and really...

April 1st At Sea Can you believe there is no chocolate syrup on this ship?????? After 2 hectic days in Hong Kong we had a much needed sea day. It was sunny, and the water very calm, so Brian headed to the pool. I am currently obsessed with...