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Feb 2020 12

DAY 16

Malaysia, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Round Australia | 0 Comments | 4 min read

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 to us? Oh, that’s...

Feb 2020 11

DAY 15

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Round Australia | 3 Comments | 3 min read

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 Fremantle. Those...

Feb 2020 10

DAY 14

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Round Australia | 2 Comments | 5 min read

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 it. Now in all...

Feb 2020 9

DAY 13

At Sea, Round Australia | 1 Comment | 5 min read

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, our itinerary has been...

Feb 2020 9

DAY 12

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Round Australia | 0 Comments | 3 min read

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 have some laundry...

Feb 2020 8

DAY 11

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 1 Comment | 4 min read

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...

Feb 2020 7

DAY 10

Asia, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Sri Lanka | 0 Comments | 7 min read

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...

Feb 2020 6

DAY 9

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras, Round Australia | 0 Comments | 8 min read

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...

Feb 2020 5

DAY 8

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 0 Comments | 3 min read

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...

Feb 2020 4

DAY 7

At Sea, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 5 Comments | 5 min read

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...

Feb 2020 4

DAY 6

Muscat, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 2 Comments | 4 min read

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...

Feb 2020 3

DAY 5

Emirates, Queen Mary 2, Queens of Three Eras | 0 Comments | 4 min read

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...