Sunday, February 16th, 2020 Yup, Still at Sea There was still no message from guest relations regarding our plane tickets. Ruth was also getting very frustrated about the lack of information about disembarkation on Tuesday. ...
Saturday, February 15th, 2020 Still at Sea It has been 10 days since we last set foot on land, and it will be another 3 until we can do so again. Hopefully. Nearly every one I have spoken to is OK with this. They do discuss...
Friday, February 14th, 2020 At Sea Valentines Day without my Valentine, in the Doldrums So now we are well and truly in the southern hemisphere, but instead of brilliant sunshine and gentle breezes, it is overcast and rainy. Ruth went out for...
Thursday, February 13th, 2020 At Sea Crossing the Equator We were still in the Straits of Malacca when we woke up this morning. There were ships of all shapes and sizes around us, but no cruise ships in sight. It was...
DAY 17 Wednesday, February 12th At Anchor in the Straits of Malacca Well we haven’t bid Asia a fond farewell just yet. We are still just off shore near Port Kelang. When I got out of the shower instead of...
Tuesday, February 11th Port Kelang The Daily Programme says “At sea en route to Fremantle, Australia”. So why is the cruise port of Port Kelang right there outside our balcony, and what on earth is the Seabourn Ovation doing next...
Monday, February 10th, 2020 At Sea We were due to have passengers disembark in Singapore and Hong Kong. This is currently not an option, and so these passengers now either have the choice of disembarking in Port Kelang or in...
Sunday, February 9th At Sea Heading to Australia With the money I had saved not going on the tours I decided to treat myself to a pedicure, especially as there was a 20% in port discount today, and they were going to honor...
Saturday, February 8th, 2020 At Sea In Trouble on the Sea Coronavirus. One could have thought that with all of the world’s concerns about Coronavirus there would be more talk about the virus on the ship. After all,...
Friday, February 7th, 2020 At Sea Laundry Day Yes, it was time to hit the launderette. Thanks to Ruth placing my washing in the washing machine soon after the launderette opened, everything went very smoothly. But, yay, I do...
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 At Sea We are getting ourselves on to Sri Lankan time, and were supposed to move our watches forward one half hour last night. I was able to get my mobile phone to change time, but my Fitbit failed to...