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DAY 11

Thursday, February 6th   At Sea   When I went out on the balcony I thought yuk, it’s hot, humid, overcast and windy. A kind of Commodore Club day.   Ruth went out there and returned declaring it the perfect day for sitting by the pool. I guess that’s...

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DAY 10

Wednesday, February 5th 2020   Colombo, Sri Lanka   Trying to be a tour escort   When we walked out on to our balcony this morning it was hot, hot, hot already – and very humid. At least it didn’t look like it was going to rain. Yay!   The...

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DAY 9

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 comply. I decided that...

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DAY 8

Monday, February 3rd, 2020   At Sea   My hair has not lost its orange glow, but I am getting used to it, and surprisingly enough no one except for Ruth has commented on it. I’m not sure why.   I enjoyed a wonderful lazy day reading in the Commodore...

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DAY 7

Sunday February 2nd, 2020   At Sea   Bad Hair Day   How I have been looking forward to a sea day – a day spent in the Commodore Club and at the pool simply relaxing.   The internet is still down, and there is no cell phone service. I’m fine with...

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DAY 6

Saturday February 1st, 2020   Muscat, Oman   Happy Birthday Emma!   I had no idea that sailing into the harbor in Muscat would be so beautiful. As the sun rose we sailed past steep the mountains and it felt like we were in a fjord as we quietly...

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DAY 5

Friday January 31st, 2020   The Third Queen   I had planned to spend the morning wandering around QE2 taking photos, but it was not to be. Deirdre asked me to accompany her to the hospital, so naturally I obliged.   Kim is in a small private hospital...

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DAY 4

DAY 4   Thursday, January 30th, 2020   A Queen of Another Era   Ruth had arrived in Dubai several days ago, and had been very busy sight seeing in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.   I had not had much time to catch up with her news last night as by the time...

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DAY 3

Wednesday January 29th, 2020   Dubai   I woke up at 5:30 AM Los Angeles time, 5:30 PM Dubai time. We were 12,500 meters above Baghdad, going at a speed of Mach 0.83, with an outside temperature of - 60 degrees Celsius. There were certainly no ghostly...

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DAY 2

Tuesday January 28th, 2020   Happy 41st Anniversary to us   I leave Queen Mary and head to Dubai   When I woke up I noticed that the receipt for payment for my room was peeping out from under the door. As I went to check it for accuracy it suddenly...

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DAY 1

Queen Mary Hotel, Long Beach, CA The first Queen   She is a queen of a long gone era. The RMS Queen Mary sailed from 1936 to 1967, and at times during her career she was the largest ship afloat and the fastest ship. Together with her sister ship the Queen...

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The Itinerary

We chose this itinerary initially because we liked the way the voyage took us around Australia, and we could stop off at the ports along the way and spend time with our Australian friends and family. Well as luck would have it, having booked the voyage, and...

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